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[Neonatal ischemic necrosis of the arm in a premature infant]
J Guidicelli1, O Claris, A Michel
1Service de pathologie et réanimation néonatale, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France.
Pediatrie
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A case of gangrene present at birth in the right upper limb of a twin premature infant is reported. As premature rupture of membranes was present, the role of ischemic compression is discussed. The etiology of ischemic lesions observed in the fetus and the newborn and their treatment is reviewed.