Strangulation of the umbilical cord by an amnion band - a rare cause of intrauterine demise: a case report.
BACKGROUND
The amniotic band syndrome has a scarce prevalence and intrauterine death as a result of amniotic bands formation is extremely rare.


METHODS
We present an illustrative case of intrauterine death of an embryo in the 24th gestational week in an 30-year old primigravida. The death was ascribed to the twisting of the umbilical cord around the left upper extremity, causing a strangulation of the umbilical cord in a very impressive way.


CONCLUSIONS
Constriction of the umbilical cord by an amniotic band is extremely rare and very hard, if not impossible, to diagnose with antenatal sonography.
Chatzigeorgiou
Konstantinos
K
1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Ring Road, Nea Efkarpia, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Theodoridis
Theodoros
T
Efstratiou
Ioannis
I
Athanasiadis
Apostolos
A
Zepiridis
Leonidas
L
Tzevelekis
Filippos
F
Tarlatzis
Basil
B