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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....
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Conjoined twins are a rare phenomenon of a monochorionic monoamniotic twin. The incidence varies from 1 in 50000 to 1 in 100000 live births [1,2]. Female foetuses are more commonly affected with the ratio of male to female being 1:3, particularly in thoracopagus type [3]. Five types of conjoint twins are classically described, Thoracopagus, Omphalopagus, Pygopagus, Ischiopagus and Craniopagus. ...
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Early prenatal diagnosis of conjoined twins, an extreme form of monozygotic twinning, is very important for the further management and counselling of parents because they are associated with high perinatal mortality. We present a case of thoraco-omphalopagus twins diagnosed at ten weeks and four days of gestation by two-dimensional Doppler ultrasound, which was then terminated.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.07.006