A histopathological study of the umbilical cord of the pregnant women infected with the pregnancy diabetes

Abstract

Ahisttopathological study for samples of umbilicals cord from a group of the women infected with pregnancy diabetes competed with for samples of umbilical cords of group of the women that have a healthy pregnancy and considered as (control). Morphometic
method has been used with using ocular lens for measuring the diameters of the blood vessels (arteries and veins) of umbilical cord and its thickness.
The results have shown an increase in the thickness of the umbilical cord in general, and increasing in thickness and size of the walls of the two vessels and inflation in the endothelial tissues and its hyperhistogenesis with a narrowness in the cavity opening size of the umbilical vessels (artery,vein).