Amnion rupture in the second trimester.
Two cases of amnion rupture are presented in 'low-risk' pregnancies. One case ended in fetal death in utero at 21 weeks. The other resulted in the preterm delivery of an otherwise normal male with mild amniotic band syndrome.
Hewitt
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Ultrasound Department, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.
Sampson
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Renou
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D000650:Amnion; D000652:Amniotic Band Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal