title: Fetal oromandibular limb hypogenesis syndrome following uterine curettage in early pregnancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fetal structural abnormalities, particularly limb reduction defects, have been reported after early hypoxic injury, such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS) before 66 day's gestation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of uterine curettage in early pregnancy associated with the subsequent prenatal diagnosis of fetal oromandibular limb hypogenesis syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case is consistent with previous hypotheses concerning the role of hypoxic trauma in inducing fetal structural defects in early pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Obstetric Clinical Care Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bagot Road, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Allanson
authors.forename: Jan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: Adrian K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goldblatt
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D015193:Chorionic Villi Sampling; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005121:Extremities / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000601:surgery