Dorsolumbar parasitic twin associated with lipomyelomeningocele: a case report from a tertiary teaching hospital, Ethiopia, East Africa()

A parasitic or heteropagus twin is a grossly defective fetus (or fetus part) attached externally, with or without internal connections and is dependent on the cardiovascular system of the other twin (autosite) for survival. The estimated incidence is approximately 1 per 1 million live births. To dat...

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Autores principales: Hailu, Samuel Sisay, Solomon, Daniel Zewdneh, Gebremedhin, Yocabel Gorfu, Nour, Amal Saleh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9372744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35965936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.07.079
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Sumario:A parasitic or heteropagus twin is a grossly defective fetus (or fetus part) attached externally, with or without internal connections and is dependent on the cardiovascular system of the other twin (autosite) for survival. The estimated incidence is approximately 1 per 1 million live births. To date according to the authors’ knowledge; there are a few case reports published in the literature. Here we present a case of dorsolumbar parasitic twin with associated lipomyelomeningocele.

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