Early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound

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 day...

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Autores principales: Herkiloğlu, Dilşat, Baksu, Başak, Pekin, Oya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28913103
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.89814
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description 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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spelling pubmed-55583372017-09-14 Early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound Herkiloğlu, Dilşat Baksu, Başak Pekin, Oya Turk J Obstet Gynecol Case Report 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. Galenos Publishing 2016-06 2016-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5558337/ /pubmed/28913103 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.89814 Text en © Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published by Galenos Publishing House. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of 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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title Early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound
title_full Early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound
title_fullStr Early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound
title_full_unstemmed Early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound
title_short Early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound
title_sort early prenatal diagnosis of thoraco-omphalopagus twins at ten weeks of gestation by ultrasound
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28913103
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.89814
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