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Prenatal 2D and 3D ultrasound diagnosis of diprosopus: case report with post‐mortem magnetic resonance images (MRI) and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Maruotti Giuseppe Maria,
Paladini Dario,
Napolitano Raffaele,
Mazzarelli Laura Letizia,
Russo Tiziana,
Quarantelli Mario,
D'Armiento Maria Rosaria,
Martinelli Pasquale
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.2321
Subject(s) - obstetrics and gynaecology , medicine , prenatal diagnosis , obstetrics , gynecology , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics
Conjoined twins are a rare and intriguing nature's phenomena; diprosopus or craniofacial duplication is the rarest with a reported incidence of 1 case in 180,000-15 million births. We present a radiologic, autoptic, and histologic study of a 37-week-old male diprosopus twin in a dichorionic pregnancy of a\ud26-old-year woman. Diprosopus malformation is part of duplication involving face and cranium like janiceps and dicephalus. Our case also shows partial duplicationof the stomach with ectopic pancreas. Most studies are required to understand that. \udConjoined (siamese) twins represent a rare situation which may occur in 1 of every 50,000 births. A prenatal diagnosis usually leads to stopping pregnancy. Diprosopus or craniofacial duplication is the rarest with a reported incidence of 1 case in 180,000-15 million births.Most studies are required to understand tha