Newborn After Prolonged Leakage of Liquor Amnii

Abstract

A group of babies is described showing features akin to those recorded by Potter in association with bilateral renal agenesis. This group showed similar anomalies involving the hands, feet, and ears. No kidney or urinary-tract anomaly was found at necropsy. In this group there had been prolonged leakage of liquor or evidence of oligohydramnios. It has been shown that there is an association between oligohydramnios and the appearance of the baby. Chromosome studies on these babies have shown no abnormality.