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Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin
We present a case of female cephalothoracoomphalopagus conjoind twin, which is extremely rare type of conjoined twins. We also review the contemprory knowledge regarding incidence, etiopathogenesis, antenatal diagnosis and outcone or the prognosis of conjoint twins. The case belong to hindu female,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741542 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.128737 |
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author | Koreti, Sunita Prasad, Nitin Patell, G. Singh |
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description | We present a case of female cephalothoracoomphalopagus conjoind twin, which is extremely rare type of conjoined twins. We also review the contemprory knowledge regarding incidence, etiopathogenesis, antenatal diagnosis and outcone or the prognosis of conjoint twins. The case belong to hindu female, no history of consanguineous marriage, ingestion of drugs or exposure to any radiation. History of one abortion and one twin delivery present. Conjoind twin was cephalothoracoomphalopagus type, delivered vaginaly at 30 wks of gestion to a 25 yrs old multigravida. Management of conjoind twin still remain challenges because of multiple congenital anomalies and poor outcome is seen. |
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spelling | pubmed-39823412014-04-16 Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin Koreti, Sunita Prasad, Nitin Patell, G. Singh J Clin Neonatol Case Report We present a case of female cephalothoracoomphalopagus conjoind twin, which is extremely rare type of conjoined twins. We also review the contemprory knowledge regarding incidence, etiopathogenesis, antenatal diagnosis and outcone or the prognosis of conjoint twins. The case belong to hindu female, no history of consanguineous marriage, ingestion of drugs or exposure to any radiation. History of one abortion and one twin delivery present. Conjoind twin was cephalothoracoomphalopagus type, delivered vaginaly at 30 wks of gestion to a 25 yrs old multigravida. Management of conjoind twin still remain challenges because of multiple congenital anomalies and poor outcome is seen. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3982341/ /pubmed/24741542 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.128737 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Clinical Neonatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Koreti, Sunita Prasad, Nitin Patell, G. Singh Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin |
title | Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin |
title_full | Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin |
title_fullStr | Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin |
title_full_unstemmed | Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin |
title_short | Cephalothoracoomphalopagus: A Rare Type of Conjoined Twin |
title_sort | cephalothoracoomphalopagus: a rare type of conjoined twin |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741542 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.128737 |
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