Intrauterine growth restriction associated with excessively long umbilical cord.
We present a 37-week female baby, known with intrauterine growth restriction since 25 weeks of pregnancy, born with a placenta with an excessive long umbilical cord (ELUC), without any other abnormalities. ELUC is mostly an incidental finding after delivery, but represents a potentially detectable intrauterine cause of growth restriction. A system that allows ultrasound measurement of the length of the umbilical cord could highly increase antenatal diagnosis of ELUC.
Department of Obstetrics , Edegem, Belgium.
Ann
A
Schmid
Department of Obstetrics , Edegem, Belgium.
Yves
Y
Jacquemyn
Department of Obstetrics , Edegem, Belgium.
Jeannette De
JD
Loor
cord abnormality; intrauterine growth restriction; umbilical cord