Assessment of the Hepatic Vasculature in Omphalopagus Conjoined Twins Using Contrast-Enhanced Dynamic Computed Tomography

Assessment of the Hepatic Vasculature in Omphalopagus Conjoined Twins Using Contrast-Enhanced Dynamic Computed Tomography

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Conjoined twins are very rare, with an incidence of approximately 1 per 250,000 live births, and there is a 3:1 female predominance [1-3]. The classification of conjoined twins is based on the most prominent site of union: the thoracopagus (thorax), omphalopagus (abdomen), pygopagus (sacrum), ischiopagus (pelvis), craniopagus (skull), cephalopagus (...

Fetal MRI of thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins.

Abdullah H, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-219793 Description Conjoined twins are very rare with incidence of 1 per 250 000 live births. Fetal MRI is an important adjunct to ultrasound particularly in evaluation of complex fetal anomalies and organ positions. 3 This case report illustrates our first experience in MRI fetal of conjoined twins with the current available sequences....

Omphalopagus conjoined twins: ultrafast MR imaging findings.

Conjoined twins are a rare and often catastrophic obstetrical event. Although ultrasonography is widely used in the diagnosis of conjoined twins, it may fail to demonstrate the details in fetuses with complex anomalies, especially during late pregnancy. We present an omphalopagus conjoined twins case evaluated by HASTE magnetic resonance imaging, which showed the conjunction site and cranial an...

Successful Surgical Separation of Thoraco-Omphalopagus Symmetrical Conjoined Twins in Iran: Two Case Reports

Conjoined twins are derived from the division of a single fertilized ovum; a phenomenon accompanied with multiple congenital anomalies. Such twins are identical, of the same sex, and more likely to be female. Most twins die during the embryonic period, and only 18% survive longer than 24 hours. There are complex anomalies in thoraco-omphalopagus twins that makes them unlikely to live long enoug...

Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography