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True knot of umbilical cord

MedGen UID:
540168
•Concept ID:
C0266791
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Knot in cord with compression; True knot in cord; True knot in umbilical cord; Umbilical Cord True Knot
SNOMED CT: True knot of umbilical cord (27696007); Knot in cord with compression (27696007); True knot in umbilical cord (27696007); True knot in cord (27696007)

Definition

A folding of the umbilical cord in the form of a knot. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTrue knot of umbilical cord

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Knots of the umbilical cord: Incidence, diagnosis, and management.
Al Qasem M, Meyyazhagan A, Tsibizova V, Clerici G, Arduini M, Khader M, M Alkarabsheh A, Di Renzo GC
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2024 Aug;166(2):559-566. Epub 2024 Jan 24 doi: 10.1002/ijgo.15373. PMID: 38264935
Prenatal Diagnosis of True Knot of the Umbilical Cord.
Singh C, Kotoch K
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2020 Sep;42(9):1065-1066. Epub 2019 Aug 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.03.003. PMID: 31402268
Prenatal diagnosis of placenta and umbilical cord pathologies by three-dimensional ultrasound: pictorial essay.
de Castro Rezende G, Araujo Júnior E
Med Ultrason 2015 Dec;17(4):545-9. doi: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.174.pdg. PMID: 26649353

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

True knot of umbilical cord: Case report and review of literat.
Khan M, Zahiruddin S, Iftikhar M
J Pak Med Assoc 2016 Aug;66(8):1037-8. PMID: 27524546
Fetal supraventricular tachycardia associated with a true knot of umbilical cord.
Chen SZ, Teshima H, Matsuoka R, Mori H, Kigawa T
Asia Oceania J Obstet Gynaecol 1987 Mar;13(1):69-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1987.tb00012.x. PMID: 3593086

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