The “Short Umbilical Cord Sequence Syndrome”: A Case Report and Review of The Literature

Short cord syndrome is a complex, lethal and rare poly-malformative syndrome.We report a case, described in Tunisia, of this syndrome observed antenatally in a 33-year-old parturient, by an initial obstetric ultrasound performed at 26 weeks' amenorrhea.After termination of pregnancy, macroscopic examination revealed a male newborn with several diagnostic criteria of the short cord sequence, principally abnormal folding of the embryo in the early phases of development (lack of closure of the abdominal and thoracic wall).This is known as Cantrell's pentalogy associated with short cord sequence.