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Intrauterine Idiopathic Amputation of the Head of a Porcine Foetus
Author(s) -
Agerholm JS,
Garoussi MT
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
reproduction in domestic animals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1439-0531
pISSN - 0936-6768
DOI - 10.1111/rda.12117
Subject(s) - amputation , medicine , head and neck , fetus , spinal cord , constriction , placenta , anatomy , surgery , fetal head , pregnancy , biology , genetics , psychiatry , endocrinology
Contents An anencephalic full‐term porcine foetus accompanied by a mummified head was submitted for examination. The neck almost entirely lacked skin and was covered by granulation tissue as were the exposed parts of the spine and spinal cord. The case represents a rare case of intrauterine amputation. A definitive cause could not be established because the placenta was not available. The most likely cause is strangulation of the neck. Such strangulation could be due to a defect of the allantoamnion with herniation of the foetal head or entanglement by amniotic constriction bands.