+ 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
Anomalies of the great arteries
Introduction
During the autopsy we assess the position of
the great arteries on the heart base. Normally the pulmonary
artery arises anterior to the left and the aorta posterior to the right relative
to the pulmonary artery.
