Amniotic Band Syndrome-Prenatal Diagnosis

Nicolae Gică; Livia Mihaela Apostol; Corina Gică; Iulia Huluță; Ana Maria Vayna; Anca Maria Panaitescu; Nicoleta Gana

doi:10.3390/diagnostics14010034

Amniotic Band Syndrome-Prenatal Diagnosis

Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Dec 23;14(1):34. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14010034.

Authors

Nicolae Gică^{1

2}, Livia Mihaela Apostol², Corina Gică^{1

2}, Iulia Huluță^{1

2}, Ana Maria Vayna^{1

2}, Anca Maria Panaitescu^{1

2}, Nicoleta Gana^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
² Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Filantropia, 011171 Bucharest, Romania.

Abstract

This is a case of a fetus affected by an amniotic band detected at 20 weeks of gestation. A presumptive diagnosis was made based on the ultrasound features. The ultrasound showed an abnormally developed right lower limb and no other associated fetal abnormalities. The unilaterality of the defect decreases the chances of genetic abnormality or an early vascular insult. The postnatal examination of the newborn concluded that the prenatal diagnosis was right.

Keywords: abnormal fetal extremities; amniotic band syndrome; body stalk anomaly.

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.