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Velamentous Cord Insertion of the Placenta
Clinical term for describing a placental abnormality where the placental cord inserts into the chorion laeve (placental membranes) away from the edge of the placenta.
The placental vessels are therefore unprotected by Wharton's jelly where they traverse the membranes before they come together into the umbilical cord.
This can cause hemorrhage if the vessels are damaged when the membranes are ruptured prior to birth.
The condition is more common in monozygotic twins (15%) and triplets.
Reference
<pubmed>23243528 </pubmed>| PMC3517836 | Case Rep Obstet Gynecol.
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© 2012 Juliana Rocha et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Figure 2 http://www.hindawi.com/crim/obgyn/2012/308206/fig2/ (Original figure adjusted in size and contrast, labels have been added to original unlabeled image)
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