03-10-2008, 08:54 AM
29. Examination of a stillborn fetus delivered at 20
weeks' gestation reveals an abdominal wall defect lateral to
the umbilical cord insertion, marked vertebral scoliosis, and
a thin, fibrous band constricting the right lower extremity,
which lacks fingers. None of the other three pregnancies,
which ended in term births for the 31-year-old mother,
were similarly affected. These findings are most typical for
O (A) Trisomy 18 -
O (B) Oligohydramnios
© Maternal fetal Rh incompatibility
O (D) Amniotic band syndrome
(E) Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
weeks' gestation reveals an abdominal wall defect lateral to
the umbilical cord insertion, marked vertebral scoliosis, and
a thin, fibrous band constricting the right lower extremity,
which lacks fingers. None of the other three pregnancies,
which ended in term births for the 31-year-old mother,
were similarly affected. These findings are most typical for
O (A) Trisomy 18 -
O (B) Oligohydramnios
© Maternal fetal Rh incompatibility
O (D) Amniotic band syndrome
(E) Congenital cytomegalovirus infection