Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Short cord syndrome is a complex, lethal and rare poly-malformative syndrome.We report a case, described in Tunisia, of this syndrome observed antenatally in a 33-year-old parturient, by an initial obstetric ultrasound performed at 26 weeks' amenorrhea.After termination of pregnancy, macroscopic examination revealed a male newborn with several diagnostic criteria of the short cord sequence, principally abnormal folding of the embryo in the early phases of development (lack of closure of the abdominal and thoracic wall).This is known as Cantrell's pentalogy associated with short cord sequence.
Institution: University of Monastir
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402693476