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Dicephalic parapagus conjoined twins: A rare second trimester sonographic diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Ahmet Mete; Fatma Bahar Cebesoy; Ebru Dıkensoy; İrfan Kutlar

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 127 KB
Volume: 38
Category: Article
ISSN: 0091-2751
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20652

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Abstract

Conjoined twins are 1 of the rarest and most challenging congenital malformations. It occurs if twinning is initiated after the embryonic disc and rudimentary amniotic sac have been formed. We report a very rare case of dicephalic parapagus that was diagnosed by transabdominal sonography. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2010

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