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  • Title: Cord entanglement causing premature placental separation and amniotic fluid embolism. Case report.
    Author: Corridan M, Kendall ED, Begg JD.
    Journal: Br J Obstet Gynaecol; 1980 Nov; 87(11):935-40. PubMed ID: 7437366.
    Abstract:
    A woman died undelivered of amniotic fluid embolism. Postmortem examination showed that cord entanglement had caused premature placental separation with a marginal tear of the membranes and so opened a route of entry for amniotic fluid into the subplacental maternal venous sinuses. It is suggested that premature separation of the normally implanted placenta, associated with macro- or microscopic tears of or damage to the fetal membranes, provides a route of entry for amniotic fluid through the placental site in approximately one half of the fatal cases of amniotic fluid embolism.
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