Prenatal diagnosis of an umbilical vein aneurysm: a case report

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Connecticut medicine

Abstract

Aneurysm of the umbilical vessels is a rare abnormality and has seldom been diagnosed prenatally. We report a case in which dilatation of the intra-amniotic umbilical cord was seen on prenatal ultrasound at 34-weeks gestation. This was believed to represent an umbilical vein aneurysm and was confirmed on subsequent pathological examination after delivery. A review of the literature concerning these uncommon vascular abnormalities of the umbilical cord is presented.

First Page

465

Last Page

7

Publication Date

9-1-2009

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