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  1. Reine Zbeidy,
  2. Fouad Ghazi Souki
  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Reine Zbeidy, rzbeidy{at}med.miami.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223241

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    A 43-year-old woman G4 P2101 at 36 weeks of gestation presented to the labour floor with non-reactive fetal heart tracing and decreased fetal movement. She had a second-trimester ultrasound showing intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Patient had a history of hypothyroidism, two fetal demises at term and a planned preterm delivery at 34 weeks of gestation via caesarean section. Workup was negative for thrombophilia (lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin, anti-b2-glycoprotein, factor V Leiden, protein S, protein C, G20210 mutation, antithrombin III, antinuclear antibodies) and infectious diseases. Placental pathology following her second fetal demise revealed chorioamnionitis and necrotising funisitis with negative amniotic fluid cultures. There was no information regarding umbilical cord (UC) length or entanglements in previous pregnancies.

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