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Case Report
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Korean J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;45(8):1449-1452. Published online August 1, 2002.
- A Case Of Intrauterine Fetal Death Due To Stricture Of The Umbilical Cord.
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Sun Woong Hong, Byung Sun Kim, Hyung Ho Kim, Jang Yong Lee, Yong Pil Kang, Jin Gyu Sun, Kwang Soo Kee
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Kwangju Christian Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.
- Abstract
- Umbilical cord stricture is a very rare cord abnormality that cause intrauterine fetal death. An extreme focal deficiency of Wharton's jelly is suggested as a cause of cord stricture, and was most commonly occurred at the fetal end of umbilical cord. Antenatal detection of umbilical cord stricture is very difficult. We experienced a case of the intrauterine fetal death due to umbilical cord stricture, and we report this case with a brief review of literatures.
Keywords :Umbilical cord stricture;Wharton's jelly
