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Amniotic Band Attachment to a Fetal Limb
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1995
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Developmental AnomalyThumb HypoplasiaLeft HandFetal MedicinePediatricsMidwiferyMaternal HealthCongenital DisordersTypical AnomaliesPrenatal DiagnosisMaternal-fetal Medicine18-Week-old FetusPublic HealthFetal ComplicationMedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryFetal LimbEmbryology
On ultrasonography, an 18-week-old fetus was found to have his left hand attached to an amniotic band. The child was born with typical anomalies of the amniotic band syndrome. This observation tends to support an extrinsic theory for the pathogenesis of the amniotic band syndrome.