Conjoint Twins: “Constant Togetherness” a Sign of Double Trouble

Double reflux: double trouble

Double vision: double trouble.

To cite: Kesav P, Muthu V, Khurana D. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014207347 DESCRIPTION A 43-year-old smoker presented with painless binocular diplopia and numbness in the left frontotemporal region of 4 weeks duration. Physical examination revealed non-tender bony swelling in the left zygomaticotemporal region with posterior cervical lymphade...

Are double translocations double trouble?

Double translocation heterozygotes are rare, but need not necessarily pose more of a counselling problem than single reciprocal translocation heterozygotes. Nine cases of double translocation are presented, together with a review of the few reports published to date. An attempt is made to provide simple counselling guidelines in the assessment of the risk of producing a liveborn abnormal child....

Double trouble: on the value of twins-based estimation of the return to schooling

Several recent studies, including the Rouse (1999) and Behrman & Rosenzweig (1999) articles in this issue, use the schooling and wage variation between monozygotic twins to estimate the return to schooling. In this overview article, we summarize the results from this literature, and we examine the implications of endogenous determination of which twin goes to school longer and of measuring scho...

Fetal MRI: A Rare Case of Conjoint Twins.

The antenatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a third-trimester primipara patient showed a fetus in a vertical position with two separate heads, a common thorax, abdomen, and pelvis with a single pair of upper and lower limbs [Figure 1]. Both heads appeared equal and symmetric with normal brain development [Figure 2]. Two separate upper cervical spinal cords fused to form a single spinal co...