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Fetal umbilical cord cyst may evolve to omphalocele during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Suzuki Toshifumi,
Yamamoto Yuka,
Nakamura Hiroki,
SeiOkawa Kiguna,
Maruyama Yojiro,
Takeda Jun,
Makino Shintaro,
Yamataka Atsuyuki,
Itakura Atsuo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22786
Subject(s) - omphalocele , medicine , umbilical cord , fetus , umbilical hernia , abdominal wall , gestation , obstetrics , cyst , hernia , trisomy , ascites , abdominal wall defect , pregnancy , surgery , anatomy , biology , genetics
Omphalocele is rarely complicated by umbilical cord cysts. In our case, an umbilical cord cyst and fetal ascites were detected at 26 weeks' gestation in a fetus with trisomy 13. This changed to omphalocele with subsequently absorbed fetal ascites at 35 weeks' gestation. We propose two hypotheses. The abdominal wall may have been physically pierced or an omphalocele might have preexisted, and the intestinal tract in the hernia sac was pushed by fetal ascites.