excessively long umbilical cord
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long umbilical cords, ELUCs
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neonatal morbidity
neonatal mortality
umbilical cords of abnormal length
excessively long umbilical cords (ELUCs)
Associations (11178630)
maternal conditions
- systemic diseases
- delivery complications
- increased maternal age
fetal conditions
- non-reassuring fetal status
- respiratory distress
- vertex presentation
- umbilical cord entanglement
- fetal anomalies
- male sex
- increased birth weight
gross placental features
- increased placental weight
- right-twisted cords
- markedly twisted cords
- true knots
- congestion
microscopic placental features
- nucleated red blood cells
- chorangiosis
- placental vascular thrombi
- placental vascular cushions
- meconium
- increased syncytial knots
- single umbilical artery
significantly increased risk of brain imaging abnormalities and/or abnormal neurological follow-up
increased risk of a second long cord.
(Some of these histopathologic features have previously been associated with fetal hypoxia and/or altered blood flow in the placenta.)
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References
Baergen RN, Malicki D, Behling C, Benirschke K. Morbidity, mortality, and placental pathology in excessively long umbilical cords: retrospective study. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2001 Mar-Apr;4(2):144-53. PMID: 11178630