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Mnemonic: ''chorio, cord, vessels, villi (maturity, infarction)''. | Mnemonic: ''chorio, cord, vessels, villi (maturity, infarction)''. | ||
=Cord pathology= | |||
*Two vessel cord. | |||
*Hypercoiling. | |||
*Abnormal insertion. | |||
*Cord knots. | |||
*Strictures. | |||
*Hematoma. | |||
==Two vessel cord== | |||
*[[AKA]] single umbilical artery. | |||
*Associated with congenital abnormalities, esp. cardiac - '''key point'''.<ref name=Ref_WMSP464>{{Ref WMSP|464}}</ref> | |||
**Thought to be an acquired defect (as prevalence is lower in early in gestation). | |||
*May be seen in association of other cord abnormalities (e.g. marginal insertion, velamentous insertion). | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://www.glowm.com/resources/glowm/graphics/figures/v2/1070/05b.jpg SUA (glown.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.glowm.com/?p=glowm.cml/section_view&articleid=151 http://www.glowm.com/?p=glowm.cml/section_view&articleid=151]. Accessed on: 8 January 2011.</ref> | |||
=Twin placentas= | =Twin placentas= | ||