Five too many! A Case of Incidentally Detected Five Vessel Umbilical Cord Associated with Placental Chorangiosis
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Blood vessels, Umbilical cord, placenta, placenta diseasesAbstract
Supernumery vessels are defined as presence of four or more vessels present within the umbilical cord. This condition may often accompany a poor pregnancy outcome and presence of congenital anomalies. They may be present in healthy fetuses. Chorangiosis is an adaptive response to in-utero hypoxia and its presence signifies better pregnancy outcomes. Abnormalities that lead to multiple cord vessels are rare with the majority of reported cases highlighting four vessels due to a persistent right umbilical vein. Here, we report a case of a 5-vessel umbilical cord associated with chorangiosis of placenta, detected incidentally after birth.
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