[A full-term fetal death]

Leonie Speksnijder1, Henk A Bremer

  • 1Erasmus Medisch Centrum, afd. Verloskunde en vrouwenziekten, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. l.speksnijder@erasmusmc.nl

A 31-year-old woman came to the clinic in the 37th week of her pregnancy because she did not feel movements of the fetus anymore. It appeared intrauterine death had occurred because of strangulation of the umbilical cord by an amniotic band, which led to cardiocirculatory insufficiency of the fetus.