Gangrene of the hand in a newborn child

Abstract A case of gangrene of the hand in a newborn offspring of a diabetic mother is presented. The child died on the twelfth day after birth and an autopsy was performed. The autopsy revealed the cause of the gangrene to be an occlusive calcified embolus in the right cubital artery. There was also occlusion of the inferior vena cava, left renal and adrenal veins. The adrenal vein was thought to be the most likely source of the embolus which apparently travelled through the foramen ovale to the right arm.