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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Amniotic bands Image of the extremities shows amniotic bands (arrows) stretching between the extremities. Courtesy of Deborah Levine, MD. Amniotic band sequence with cranial defect Oblique axial image through the fetal head shows the orbits, but no ossified cranium. Courtesy of Deborah Levine, MD. Amniotic band sequence with abdominal wall defect Coronal image through the fetal body shows disruption of the anterior abdominal wall with the abdominal contents (arrows) extruding out. Courtesy of Deborah Levine, MD.