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Short umbilical cord

MedGen UID:
78620
Concept ID:
C0266786
Finding; Finding
Synonyms: Short cord; Short Umbilical Cord
SNOMED CT: Short umbilical cord (156222001); Short cord (156222001)
 
HPO: HP:0001196

Definition

Decreased length of the umbilical cord. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVShort umbilical cord

Conditions with this feature

Fetal akinesia deformation sequence 1
MedGen UID:
220903
Concept ID:
C1276035
Disease or Syndrome
Decreased fetal activity associated with multiple joint contractures, facial anomalies and pulmonary hypoplasia. Ultrasound examination may reveal polyhydramnios, ankylosis, scalp edema, and decreased chest movements (reflecting pulmonary hypoplasia).
Mesomelia-synostoses syndrome
MedGen UID:
324959
Concept ID:
C1838162
Disease or Syndrome
The Verloes-David-Pfeiffer mesomelia-synostoses syndrome is an autosomal dominant form of mesomelic dysplasia comprising typical acral synostoses combined with ptosis, hypertelorism, palatal abnormality, congenital heart disease, and ureteral anomalies (summary by Isidor et al., 2009). Mesomelia and synostoses are also cardinal features of the Kantaputra type of mesomelic dysplasia (156232).
Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 9
MedGen UID:
903881
Concept ID:
C4225303
Disease or Syndrome
Lethal congenital contracture syndrome-9 (LCCS9) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by multiple flexion and extension contractures resulting from reduced or absent fetal movement (Ravenscroft et al., 2015). For a general phenotypic description and discussion of genetic heterogeneity of lethal congenital contracture syndrome, see LCCS1 (253310).
Neu-Laxova syndrome 1
MedGen UID:
1633287
Concept ID:
C4551478
Disease or Syndrome
Any Neu-Laxova syndrome in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the PHGDH gene.
Neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, epilepsy, and hypomyelination
MedGen UID:
1684142
Concept ID:
C5193057
Disease or Syndrome
Neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, epilepsy, and hypomyelination (NEDMEHM) is an autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder characterized by these cardinal features. Patients also show an exaggerated startle reflex in early infancy (Rodan et al., 2018).
Restrictive dermopathy 1
MedGen UID:
1812447
Concept ID:
C5676878
Disease or Syndrome
A restrictive dermopathy that has material basis in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ZMPSTE24 gene on chromosome 1p34.

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PubMed

Türkyilmaz G, Avcı S, Sıvrıkoz T, Erturk E, Altunoglu U, Turkyilmazlmaz SE, Kalelioglu IH, Has R, Yuksel A
Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2019 Apr;38(2):127-137. Epub 2019 Jan 2 doi: 10.1080/15513815.2018.1556367. PMID: 30600745
Osborn AJ, Baud D, Macarthur AJ, Propst EJ, Forte V, Blaser SM, Windrim R, Seaward G, Keunen J, Shah P, Ryan G, Campisi P
Prenat Diagn 2013 Nov;33(11):1080-7. Epub 2013 Aug 4 doi: 10.1002/pd.4200. PMID: 23868540
Smrcek JM, Germer U, Krokowski M, Berg C, Krapp M, Geipel A, Gembruch U
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003 Apr;21(4):322-8. doi: 10.1002/uog.84. PMID: 12704737

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Etiology

Osborn AJ, Baud D, Macarthur AJ, Propst EJ, Forte V, Blaser SM, Windrim R, Seaward G, Keunen J, Shah P, Ryan G, Campisi P
Prenat Diagn 2013 Nov;33(11):1080-7. Epub 2013 Aug 4 doi: 10.1002/pd.4200. PMID: 23868540
Ho NC
Neuropediatrics 2000 Oct;31(5):252-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2000-9238. PMID: 11204282
Naeye RL
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Diagnosis

Chung JH, Farinelli CK, Porto M, Major CA
Obstet Gynecol 2012 Feb;119(2 Pt 2):466-470. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318242b3f1. PMID: 22270441
Daskalakis GJ, Nicolaides KH
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002 Jul;20(1):79-81. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00631.x. PMID: 12100424
Mau U, Kendziorra H, Kaiser P, Enders H
Am J Med Genet 1997 Aug 8;71(2):179-85. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970808)71:2<179::aid-ajmg11>3.0.co;2-b. PMID: 9217218
Naeye RL
Am J Clin Pathol 1990 Aug;94(2):196-8. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/94.2.196. PMID: 2371974
Shenker L, Reed K, Anderson C, Hauck L, Spark R
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1985 Jun 1;152(3):303-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(85)80216-7. PMID: 3890548

Therapy

Sahin ME, Sahin E, Basbug M
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019 Dec;32(24):4097-4101. Epub 2018 Jun 19 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1481947. PMID: 29804484
Vain NE, Satragno DS, Gorenstein AN, Gordillo JE, Berazategui JP, Alda MG, Prudent LM
Lancet 2014 Jul 19;384(9939):235-40. Epub 2014 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60197-5. PMID: 24746755
LaMonica GE, Wilson ML, Fullilove AM, Rayburn WE
J Reprod Med 2008 Mar;53(3):217-9. PMID: 18441729
Krakowiak P, Smith EN, de Bruyn G, Lydon-Rochelle MT
Obstet Gynecol 2004 Jan;103(1):119-27. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000102706.84063.C7. PMID: 14704255

Prognosis

van Gemert MJC, Ross MG, van den Wijngaard JPHM, Nikkels PGJ
Birth Defects Res 2022 Mar;114(5-6):149-164. Epub 2021 Dec 20 doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1976. PMID: 34931489Free PMC Article
Daskalakis GJ, Nicolaides KH
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002 Jul;20(1):79-81. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00631.x. PMID: 12100424
Ho NC
Neuropediatrics 2000 Oct;31(5):252-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2000-9238. PMID: 11204282
Mau U, Kendziorra H, Kaiser P, Enders H
Am J Med Genet 1997 Aug 8;71(2):179-85. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970808)71:2<179::aid-ajmg11>3.0.co;2-b. PMID: 9217218
Naeye RL
Am J Clin Pathol 1990 Aug;94(2):196-8. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/94.2.196. PMID: 2371974

Clinical prediction guides

van Gemert MJC, Ross MG, van den Wijngaard JPHM, Nikkels PGJ
Birth Defects Res 2022 Mar;114(5-6):149-164. Epub 2021 Dec 20 doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1976. PMID: 34931489Free PMC Article
Iwagaki S, Takahashi Y, Chiaki R, Asai K, Matsui M, Katsura D, Yasumi S, Furuhashi M
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2022 Jan;35(1):86-90. Epub 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1712703. PMID: 32106728
Sahin ME, Sahin E, Basbug M
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019 Dec;32(24):4097-4101. Epub 2018 Jun 19 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1481947. PMID: 29804484
Yamamoto Y, Aoki S, Oba MS, Seki K, Hirahara F
Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2016;35(2):81-7. Epub 2016 Jan 6 doi: 10.3109/15513815.2015.1122126. PMID: 26735975
Ho NC
Neuropediatrics 2000 Oct;31(5):252-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2000-9238. PMID: 11204282

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