2002-07-08-15 Coarctation of the umbilical cord © Serrano www.thefetus.net/

Coarctation of the umbilical cord

Meyer Serrano MD

Columbia

This fetus died in the late second trimester. The post-natal examination demonstrated a stricture of a segment of the umbilical cord. There was lack of Wharton´s jelly, tearing and retraction of an umbilical artery.