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A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report

The normal umbilical cord is a crucial component during pregnancy, but sometimes it could become compromised due to some abnormalities such as excessive long umbilical cord, and though they usually end up with a healthy baby, they may lead to severe consequences. Excessive long umbilical cords are f...

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Autores principales: Hanna, Majd, Martini, Nafiza, Deeb, Yara, Mahmoud, Wissam, Issa, Samar Yhia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10074614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37032995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231164858
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author Hanna, Majd
Martini, Nafiza
Deeb, Yara
Mahmoud, Wissam
Issa, Samar Yhia
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Martini, Nafiza
Deeb, Yara
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Issa, Samar Yhia
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description The normal umbilical cord is a crucial component during pregnancy, but sometimes it could become compromised due to some abnormalities such as excessive long umbilical cord, and though they usually end up with a healthy baby, they may lead to severe consequences. Excessive long umbilical cords are found in 4% of pregnancies and represent a risk factor for nuchal cords and true knots. We report a case of a 37-year-old Syrian pregnant woman who presented to the hospital at 37 weeks of gestation asking for a C-section for a fear of ambiguous ultrasound findings that have been interpreted as fetal malformation. At delivery, a healthy baby was born with a 150-cm umbilical cord, a true knot, and double-looped nuchal cords; the formation of the loops and the knot had been attributed to the elongated cord. Besides, ultrasound imaging could sometimes be deceptive and lead to unnecessary interventions; therefore, cord anomalies should always be kept in mind because they do not always represent a justification for a C-section.
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spelling pubmed-100746142023-04-06 A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report Hanna, Majd Martini, Nafiza Deeb, Yara Mahmoud, Wissam Issa, Samar Yhia SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report The normal umbilical cord is a crucial component during pregnancy, but sometimes it could become compromised due to some abnormalities such as excessive long umbilical cord, and though they usually end up with a healthy baby, they may lead to severe consequences. Excessive long umbilical cords are found in 4% of pregnancies and represent a risk factor for nuchal cords and true knots. We report a case of a 37-year-old Syrian pregnant woman who presented to the hospital at 37 weeks of gestation asking for a C-section for a fear of ambiguous ultrasound findings that have been interpreted as fetal malformation. At delivery, a healthy baby was born with a 150-cm umbilical cord, a true knot, and double-looped nuchal cords; the formation of the loops and the knot had been attributed to the elongated cord. Besides, ultrasound imaging could sometimes be deceptive and lead to unnecessary interventions; therefore, cord anomalies should always be kept in mind because they do not always represent a justification for a C-section. SAGE Publications 2023-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10074614/ /pubmed/37032995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231164858 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Hanna, Majd
Martini, Nafiza
Deeb, Yara
Mahmoud, Wissam
Issa, Samar Yhia
A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report
title A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report
title_full A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report
title_fullStr A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report
title_full_unstemmed A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report
title_short A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report
title_sort misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: a rare syrian case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10074614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37032995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231164858
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