Dicephalus Parapagus Conjoined Twins Diagnosed by First-Trimester Ultrasound

Conjoined twins are a rare phenomenon, occurring in 1% of monochorionic twin gestation, with an incidence of 1 : 50 000 to 1 : 100 000. Many conjoined twins have abnormalities incompatible with life, so early prenatal diagnosis is very important for optimal management of both pregnancy and delivery....

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Keiko, Ono, Masanori, Shirahashi, Mayu, Ikeda, Toshiyuki, Yakubo, Kazumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8565193
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author Watanabe, Keiko
Ono, Masanori
Shirahashi, Mayu
Ikeda, Toshiyuki
Yakubo, Kazumi
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Ono, Masanori
Shirahashi, Mayu
Ikeda, Toshiyuki
Yakubo, Kazumi
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description Conjoined twins are a rare phenomenon, occurring in 1% of monochorionic twin gestation, with an incidence of 1 : 50 000 to 1 : 100 000. Many conjoined twins have abnormalities incompatible with life, so early prenatal diagnosis is very important for optimal management of both pregnancy and delivery. We report a case of dicephalus parapagus conjoined twins, sharing a single heart, diagnosed at 12 weeks' gestation. With early ultrasound diagnosis, we were able to provide appropriate and timely prenatal counseling to the family.
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spelling pubmed-49129862016-06-30 Dicephalus Parapagus Conjoined Twins Diagnosed by First-Trimester Ultrasound Watanabe, Keiko Ono, Masanori Shirahashi, Mayu Ikeda, Toshiyuki Yakubo, Kazumi Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Conjoined twins are a rare phenomenon, occurring in 1% of monochorionic twin gestation, with an incidence of 1 : 50 000 to 1 : 100 000. Many conjoined twins have abnormalities incompatible with life, so early prenatal diagnosis is very important for optimal management of both pregnancy and delivery. We report a case of dicephalus parapagus conjoined twins, sharing a single heart, diagnosed at 12 weeks' gestation. With early ultrasound diagnosis, we were able to provide appropriate and timely prenatal counseling to the family. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4912986/ /pubmed/27366336 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8565193 Text en Copyright © 2016 Keiko Watanabe et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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.
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Watanabe, Keiko
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Shirahashi, Mayu
Ikeda, Toshiyuki
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Dicephalus Parapagus Conjoined Twins Diagnosed by First-Trimester Ultrasound
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title_short Dicephalus Parapagus Conjoined Twins Diagnosed by First-Trimester Ultrasound
title_sort dicephalus parapagus conjoined twins diagnosed by first-trimester ultrasound
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8565193
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