Diseases

Amniotic Band Syndrome

A disorder present in the newborn infant in which constriction rings or bands, causing soft tissue depressions, encircle digits, extremities, or limbs and sometimes the neck, thorax, or abdomen. They may be associated with intrauterine amputations.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A disorder present in the newborn infant in which constriction rings or bands, causing soft tissue depressions, encircle digits, extremities, or limbs and sometimes the neck, thorax, or abdomen. They may be associated with intrauterine amputations.

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Synonyms

21 entry terms
  • Streeter Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Amniotic Band
  • Syndrome, Streeter
  • Amniotic Bands
  • Amputation, Intrauterine
  • Annular Grooves
  • Ring Constrictions, Intrauterine
  • Amniotic Band
  • Amputations, Intrauterine
  • Annular Groove
  • Band, Amniotic
  • Bands, Amniotic
  • Constriction, Intrauterine Ring
  • Constrictions, Intrauterine Ring
  • Groove, Annular
  • Grooves, Annular
  • Intrauterine Amputation
  • Intrauterine Amputations
  • Intrauterine Ring Constriction
  • Intrauterine Ring Constrictions
  • Ring Constriction, Intrauterine

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

constriction bands in newborn inf; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES

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History Note

83

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Previous Indexing

  • Amnion (1966-1982)
  • specific anatomic heading/abnormalities (1966-1982)

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  1. C16w.614.042w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Amniotic Band Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000652. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000652
  2. Amniotic Band Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constriction_ring_syndrome
  3. Amniotic Band Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473753