First trimester diagnosis of parapagus diprosopus dibrachius dipus twins with cranirachischisis totalis by three‐dimensional ultrasound

Parapagus (laterally fused), diprosopus (two faces), dibrachius (two upper extremities), dipus (two lower extremities) conjoined twinning is extremely rare. The coexistence of anencephaly with a contiguous spinal defect (craniorachischisis totalis) makes the present case one of the rarest of the pub...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research 2012-02, Vol.38 (2), p.431-434
Hauptverfasser: Ülker, Kahraman, Akyer, Şahika P., Temur, İsmail, Tan, Temel, Karaca, Mehmet, Adıgüzel, Esat, Gül, Abdülaziz
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Zusammenfassung:Parapagus (laterally fused), diprosopus (two faces), dibrachius (two upper extremities), dipus (two lower extremities) conjoined twinning is extremely rare. The coexistence of anencephaly with a contiguous spinal defect (craniorachischisis totalis) makes the present case one of the rarest of the published cases. In our case, it was difficult to make the final diagnosis by two‐dimensional abdominal and vaginal ultrasound. Three‐dimensional ultrasound was helpful for final diagnosis and post‐abortal examination confirmed the prenatal ultrasound diagnosis. The heart, diaphragm, liver and perineum were all united. Fine dissection of the heart showed four vessels arising from the ventricles and a membranous type ventricular septal defect.
ISSN:1341-8076
1447-0756
DOI:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01708.x