Diprosopus a Rare Craniofacial Malformation

Diprosopus is an extremely rare form of craniofacial malformation seen in newborns where there is duplication of face which may be partial or complete. The baby usually has a single trunk and normal limbs. We report a case of diprosopus admitted in our institute and analyze the anomalies and clinica...

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Autores principales: Bhuyan, Mrinal, Haque, Inamul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6208228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459911
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_202_17
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description Diprosopus is an extremely rare form of craniofacial malformation seen in newborns where there is duplication of face which may be partial or complete. The baby usually has a single trunk and normal limbs. We report a case of diprosopus admitted in our institute and analyze the anomalies and clinical problems and outcome of the case.
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spelling pubmed-62082282018-11-20 Diprosopus a Rare Craniofacial Malformation Bhuyan, Mrinal Haque, Inamul Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Diprosopus is an extremely rare form of craniofacial malformation seen in newborns where there is duplication of face which may be partial or complete. The baby usually has a single trunk and normal limbs. We report a case of diprosopus admitted in our institute and analyze the anomalies and clinical problems and outcome of the case. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6208228/ /pubmed/30459911 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_202_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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