A Case Report of Umbilical Cord Haematoma Resulting in Fresh Still Birth in University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

Umbilical Cord Haematoma (UCH) is a very rare but fatal obstetric complication that is poorly reported especially in Nigeria and there is the need to encourage the reporting of every case in order to expand the knowledge about this condition with the goal of reducing the associated morbidity and mortality.

We report here 23year old primigravida at gestational age of 40weeks and 2days diagnosed with preeclampsia and who had emergency lower segment caesarean section on account of fetal bradycardia. She was delivered of a fresh still born with an umbilical cord haematoma.

Due to the fatality of this rare condition, it is important to understand the associated risk factors, clinical manifestation and the need for expedient management. Hence, all cases should be reported and reviewed in order to improve the global knowledge in a bid to reduce the associated fatality rates.