Dicephalic Parapagus Conjoined Twins
β Scribed by Deniz Anuk Ince, Ayse Ecevit, Abdullah Kurt, Birgul Varan, Aylin Tarcan
- Book ID
- 113094944
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-5456
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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 sonograph
Conjoined twins are rare, and most cases are thoracopagus. Parapagus conjoined twins (one body with two heads) are extremely rare. We report a case of dicephalic parapagus twins that was diagnosed in the first trimester at 10 weeks via transvaginal ultrasonography.
## Background: Conjoined twins with a doubling of all cranial structures, having two vertebral columns along their entire body length yet with a single pelvis, have not been described in the literature. the cause of conjoined twinning is incompletely understood; however, two main theories (fission