Conjoined twins—thoraco-omphalopagus (type A)

A case of conjoined twins discovered by routine transabdominal ultrasound examination at 16 weeks gestation in a 19-year-old multigravid female. They were joined at the chest and the abdomen and had one functional heart. The pregnancy was terminated by caesarean section at 19 weeks gestation with ap...

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Autores principales: Sultan, Omar Muayad, Tawfeek, Ahmed Said
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150016
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spelling pubmed-61959222018-10-25 Conjoined twins—thoraco-omphalopagus (type A) Sultan, Omar Muayad Tawfeek, Ahmed Said BJR Case Rep Case Report A case of conjoined twins discovered by routine transabdominal ultrasound examination at 16 weeks gestation in a 19-year-old multigravid female. They were joined at the chest and the abdomen and had one functional heart. The pregnancy was terminated by caesarean section at 19 weeks gestation with approval from the family. The British Institute of Radiology 2015-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6195922/ /pubmed/30364397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150016 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364397
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