Funisitis

Funisitis

Funisitis is inflammation of the connective tissue of the umbilical cord.

It is typically preceded by vasculitis of the umbilical vessels and may be the result of chorioamnionitis.

Necrotizing funisitis

Necrotizing funisitis is a very severe form of funisitis in which the tissue that makes-up the umbilical cord starts to die. It is associated with congenital syphilis. It is now rare, and seen almost exclusively in the preterm infant, usually born at a gestational age of 32 weeks. The majority of infants are still born or die within a few weeks of birth.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Singh, Ameeta E.; Barbara Romanowski (April 1999). "Syphilis: Review with Emphasis on Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Some Biologic Features". Clinical Microbiology Reviews 12 (2): 187–209. PMC 88914. PMID 10194456. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=88914. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 

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  • funisitis — inflamación del cordón umbilical, producido generalmente por una infección Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 …   Diccionario médico

  • funisitis — Inflammation of the umbilical cord. [funis + itis] * * * fu·ni·si·tis (fu″nĭ siґtis) inflammation of the umbilical cord …   Medical dictionary

  • Funisitis — Funisi̱tis [zu lat. funis = Seil, Strick, Strang] w; , ...iti̱den (in fachspr. Fügungen: ...i̱tides): bakterielle Infektion der Nabelschnur …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

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  • Necrotizing funisitis — is a deep seated inflammation of the umbilical cord. It is associated with congenital syphilis. It is now rare, and seen almost exclusively in the preterm infant, usually born at a gestational age of 32 weeks. The majority of infants are still… …   Wikipedia

  • necrotizing funisitis — inflammation of the umbilical cord resulting from infection with organisms that cause sexually transmitted diseases or with normal lower genital tract flora and characterized by yellowish white chalky stripes that parallel the umbilical vessels… …   Medical dictionary

  • Chorioamnionitis — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing chorioamnionitis. The clusters of blue dots are inflammatory cells (neutrophils, eosinophils and lymphocytes). H E stain …   Wikipedia

  • Plazentitis — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 O41.1 Infektion der Fruchtblase und der Eihäute Plazentitis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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