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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Oct 23;25(4):101146. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2020.101146

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7.

Funisitis is inflammation of the umbilical vein, either or both umbilical arteries, and the Wharton’s jelly. Serial sections of the umbilical cord were taken at 1 mm intervals and showed neutrophil infiltration of the umbilical vein (dashed line). (Reproduced with permission from Kim CJ, Yoon BH, Kim M et al. Histo-topographic distribution of acute inflammation of the human umbilical cord. Pathol Int 51:861–5, 2001.).