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Vascular abnormalities in a fetus with multiple pterygia
American Journal of Medical Genetics
|August 1, 1985
We describe a 16-week fetus with a lethal multiple pterygium syndrome and hydrops. No bony abnormalities were noted on radiographic or anatomical examination. A prominent meshwork of dilated, thin-walled vessels was present in the subcutis over the entire body. This abnormal vascularity may have caused pterygium formation and death of the fetus.
We describe a 16-week fetus with a lethal multiple pterygium syndrome and hydrops. No bony abnormalities were noted on radiographic or anatomical examination. A prominent meshwork of dilated, thin-walled vessels was present in the subcutis over the entire body. This abnormal vascularity may have caused pterygium formation and death of the fetus.