title: Umbilical cord segmental hemorrhage and fetal distress.
abstract: We describe an unexplained case of umbilical cord segmental hemorrhage linked with meconium-stained amniotic fluid. A severely asphyxiated infant was delivered at term by Caesarean section. There were poor prognostic signs on fetal cardiotocography with rupture of membranes with meconium-stained amniotic fluid. The pathophysiologic mechanism in this case is still unknown, even if we argued a possible role of the umbilical cord shortness.
authors.affiliation: A. Fa. R. Associazione Fatebenefratelli per la Ricerca, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy; ; Perinatal Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Larciprete
authors.forename: Maria Elisabetta
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Romanini
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arduini
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cirese
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slowikowska-Hilczer
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kula
keywords: amniotic fluid; fetal distress; umbilical cord