Publisher's Synopsis
A technically-advanced clinical reference containing information on prenatal diagnosis of abnormalities of the umbilical cord by ultrasound. Its 14 chapters cover embryology, the normal umbilical cord, colling, abnormal insertion of the cord, cord edema, cord cysts, single umbilical artery syndrome, supernumary vessels cord, aneurysm and teratoma, angioma and teratoma, cord prolapse and nuchal cord, other obstetrical conditions of the cord, intrafoetal umbilical vessels, and three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of the umbilical cord.