Year: 2015
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Among anomalies of the umbilical cord, supernumerary vessels are extremely rare and are typically associated with congenital anomalies. We report an extraordinary case of a healthy male neonate born at a gestational age of 38 weeks and 2 days having a four-vessel umbilical cord consisting of three arteries and one vein. A routine ultrasonographic survey performed on 22 weeks of gestation reveals a possibility of four-vessel umbilical cord, but overlooked at the time. The fetus was born without any associated congenital anomalies.
DOI: 10.1002/uog.15330
Institution: Hanyang University Seoul Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2525229486