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First trimester diagnosis of parapagus diprosopus dibrachius dipus twins with cranirachischisis totalis by three dimensional ultrasound     
Yazarlar
Ülker Kahraman
Akyer Şahika P.
Temur İsmail
Tan Temel
Karaca Mehmet
Adıgüzel Esat
Gül Abdülaziz
Özet
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler
conjoined twins | craniorachischisis totalis | first trimester | prenatal ultrasonography | three-dimensional ultrasound
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH
Dergi ISSN 1341-8076
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2012
Cilt No 38
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 431 / 434
Doi Numarası 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01708.x
Makale Linki http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01708.x