+ Umbilical cord accidents which compromise the blood flow
+ Thrombosis of umbilical blood vessels
+ Umbilical cord inflammation
+ Acute funisitis
+ Subacute necrotizing funisitis
+ Miscellaneous rare cord lesions
Chromosomal abnormalities
Introduction
Chromosomal abnormalities are present in 10 – 15 % cases
of liveborn infants with congenital malformations.
The most frequent syndromes are described bellow
(the most frequent ones come first):