Cardiovascular Anomalies in Conjoined Thoracopagus Twins
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CORRELATIONS Conjoined Thoracopagus Twins
A case of vaginally delivered stillborn female thoracopagus conjoined twins is presented. Each twlin had a cleft lip and cleft palate. They shared a common pericardial sac and a common abdominal cavity. The liver was conjoined, and the small bowel was common to both twins. One twin was asplenic. Although the twins were monozygotic, their viscera were neither identical nor mirror-image to each o...
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The incidence of conjoined twins is estimated at 1 in 50 000 births.1 Thoracopagus is the most common form of conjoined twins,2 with fusion from the anterior thorax to the umbilicus. A common pericardial sac is present in 90% of thoracopagus twins, and conjoined hearts are seen in 75%.3 The present case was diagnosed prenatally, and the twins subsequently experienced intrauterine demise at 22 w...
متن کاملCLINICOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATIONS Conjoined Thoracopagus Twins
A case of vaginally delivered stillborn female thoracopagus conjoined twins is presented. Each twlin had a cleft lip and cleft palate. They shared a common pericardial sac and a common abdominal cavity. The liver was conjoined, and the small bowel was common to both twins. One twin was asplenic. Although the twins were monozygotic, their viscera were neither identical nor mirror-image to each o...
متن کاملThoracopagus conjoined twins diagnosed by sonography
Objective: Conjoined twins are identical twins with congenital anomaly and severe mortality. The more common types include the thoraco-omphalopagus, fused at chest, and thoracopagus type, fused from the upper thorax to lower belly, at the chest. Here we are reporting one case of thoracopagus conjoined twins diagnosed by sonography. A 23-year-old woman with gravida 1 admitted to our clinic was d...
متن کاملA case of thoracopagus: conjoined twins.
Methods A 27-year-old woman with gravida 2, parity 1, was admitted to our unit because of twin pregnancy at 12th weeks' gestation. Ultrasound examination was performed using a 7. 5 MHz transvaginal probe with two-dimensional ultrasonography. The crown-rump length measurements were 49 mm and 51 mm respectively, consistent with 12 weeks of gestation. The fetal chests were fused and only one fetal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Heart Journal
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0021-4868,1348-673X
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.20.897