Double umbilical artery converging into a single umbilical artery: A case report
Umbilical artery malformation is extremely rare and may be related to intrauterine parasitic and viral infections. Ultrasound has the advantages of being noninvasive and cost-effective and can be used to dynamically observe umbilical artery structure. An abnormal change in umbilical artery structure found during ultrasound examination can indicate intrauterine infection risk, which provides clinical guidance for further examination of pregnant women, early diagnosis, timely targeted treatment, and fetal prognosis improvement.
Authors
- Z.F. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3845-1366)
- Lihua Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8045-3912)
- Xiao-Lu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1470-9858)
- Chunfang Yang
Institutions
- Second People’s Hospital of Yibin (CN)
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000040199
- Primary Topic
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00