Severe Craniofacial Involvement due to Amniotic Band Sequence.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Disruptive amniotic band sequence (DABS) is a sporadic, non-familial disorder with unclear etiology. Diagnosis is based on clinical features because there is currently no reliable laboratory diagnostic tests.

OBJECTIVE:

We describe six cases of DABS with severe craniofacial deformations, three with and three without classical constrictive limb deformation.

RESULTS:

The craniofacial deformities were delimited by peripheral sharply demarcated scarring.

CONCLUSION:

When a sharply demarcated linear disruptive craniofacial lesion is observed, DABS should be considered despite the absence of constrictive limb scarring.

• Authors: Luis Eduardo Becerra-Solano, Gema Castañeda-Cisneros, Jorge Roman Corona-Rivera, Manuel Díaz-Rodríguez, Luis Eduardo Figuera, Eunice López-Muñoz, José Antonio Nastasi-Catanese, José Jesús Toscano-Flores, María de Lourdes Ramírez-Dueñas, José Elias García-Ortíz
• Journal: Fetal and pediatric pathology (Fetal Pediatr Pathol) Vol. 37 Issue 1 Pg. 27-37 (Feb 2018) ISSN: 1551-3823 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 29336649 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Amniotic Band Syndrome (complications, pathology)
• Craniofacial Abnormalities (etiology, pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Male