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Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report
Objective. Conjoined twin is a rarely seen congenital anomaly together with severe mortality and morbidity. The more common types of conjoined twins include the thoracopagus type, where the fusion is anterior, at the chest, and involves the heart. We are reporting one case of conjoined thoracopagus...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099464/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21660094 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/238360 |
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author | Osmanağaoğlu, Mehmet A. Aran, Turhan Güven, Süleyman Kart, Cavit Özdemir, Özgür Bozkaya, Hasan |
author_facet | Osmanağaoğlu, Mehmet A. Aran, Turhan Güven, Süleyman Kart, Cavit Özdemir, Özgür Bozkaya, Hasan |
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description | Objective. Conjoined twin is a rarely seen congenital anomaly together with severe mortality and morbidity. The more common types of conjoined twins include the thoracopagus type, where the fusion is anterior, at the chest, and involves the heart. We are reporting one case of conjoined thoracopagus twins diagnosed by ultrasonography at 11 weeks. Case Report. In a multigravid pregnant woman who has been admitted to our clinic with a diagnosis of conjoined twins, thoracopagus, by ultrasonography at an 11-week gestation, termination of the pregnancy was performed. Conclusion. Making an early diagnosis with ultrasonographic examination gives the parents a chance to elect pregnancy termination. |
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spelling | pubmed-30994642011-06-09 Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report Osmanağaoğlu, Mehmet A. Aran, Turhan Güven, Süleyman Kart, Cavit Özdemir, Özgür Bozkaya, Hasan ISRN Obstet Gynecol Case Report Objective. Conjoined twin is a rarely seen congenital anomaly together with severe mortality and morbidity. The more common types of conjoined twins include the thoracopagus type, where the fusion is anterior, at the chest, and involves the heart. We are reporting one case of conjoined thoracopagus twins diagnosed by ultrasonography at 11 weeks. Case Report. In a multigravid pregnant woman who has been admitted to our clinic with a diagnosis of conjoined twins, thoracopagus, by ultrasonography at an 11-week gestation, termination of the pregnancy was performed. Conclusion. Making an early diagnosis with ultrasonographic examination gives the parents a chance to elect pregnancy termination. International Scholarly Research Network 2011 2010-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3099464/ /pubmed/21660094 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/238360 Text en Copyright © 2011 Mehmet A. Osmanağaoğlu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Osmanağaoğlu, Mehmet A. Aran, Turhan Güven, Süleyman Kart, Cavit Özdemir, Özgür Bozkaya, Hasan Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report |
title | Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report |
title_full | Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report |
title_short | Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins: A Case Report |
title_sort | thoracopagus conjoined twins: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099464/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21660094 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/238360 |
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