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Prenatally diagnosed giant umbilical cord resulted from patent urachus in a monochorionic diamniotic twin with selective intrauterine growth restriction

A long diffuse giant umbilical cord (GUC), caused by umbilical cord edema associated with a patent urachus, is an extremely rare anomaly. While patients with diffuse GUC appear to experience no significant complications and a good prognosis, little is known about their etiology and prenatal course....

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Autores principales: Matsuyama, Satoko, Matsumoto, Fumi, Matsui, Futoshi, Yazawa, Koji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10220472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37250966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102440
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Sumario:A long diffuse giant umbilical cord (GUC), caused by umbilical cord edema associated with a patent urachus, is an extremely rare anomaly. While patients with diffuse GUC appear to experience no significant complications and a good prognosis, little is known about their etiology and prenatal course. Here, we report the first case of prenatally diagnosed diffuse GUC resulted from patent urachus in a monochorionic diamniotic twin with selective intrauterine growth restriction. This case indicates that GUC is epigenetic and unrelated to multiple births.