First trimester diagnosis of parapagus diprosopus dibrachius dipus twins with cranirachischisis totalis by three-dimensional ultrasound

Autor: Kahraman, Ülker, Şahika P, Akyer, İsmail, Temur, Temel, Tan, Mehmet, Karaca, Esat, Adıgüzel, Abdülaziz, Gül
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research. 38(2)
ISSN: 1447-0756
Popis: Parapagus (laterally fused), diprosopus (two faces), dibrachius (two upper extremities), dipus (two lower extremities) conjoined twinning is extremely rare. The coexistence of anencephaly with a contiguous spinal defect (craniorachischisis totalis) makes the present case one of the rarest of the published cases. In our case, it was difficult to make the final diagnosis by two-dimensional abdominal and vaginal ultrasound. Three-dimensional ultrasound was helpful for final diagnosis and post-abortal examination confirmed the prenatal ultrasound diagnosis. The heart, diaphragm, liver and perineum were all united. Fine dissection of the heart showed four vessels arising from the ventricles and a membranous type ventricular septal defect.
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