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umbilical cord anomalies

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Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord Umbilical cord stricture with fetal death Umbilical cord stricture with fetal death Long umbilical cord (39 cm for normal at 17 cm at 19 weeks) Long umbilical cord (54 cm for normal at 23 cm)

Types

- umbilical cord insertion

- absence of an umbilical artery (umbilical artery agenesis)

- abnormal length of the umbilical cord (umbilical cord length anomalies)

- compression of the umbilical cord
- knots of the umbilical cord

  • false knots of the umbilical cord
  • true knots of the umbilical cord

- edema of the umbilical cord

  • segmental edema of the umbilical cord
  • diffuse edema of the umbilical cord

- umbilical cord pseudocyst
- umbilical cord cysts
- long umbilical cord
- giant umbilical cord
- umbilical cord stricture (umbilical cord torsion)

- umbilical cord hemorrhages
- umbilical cord thrombosis
- umbilical cord hemangioma

- umbilical cord embryological vestiges

See also

- umbilical cord macroscopical lesions