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Dichorionic twin fetuses with VACTERL association
Author(s) -
Sunagawa Sorahiro,
Kikuchi Akihiko,
Yoshida Shiro,
Miyashita Susumu,
Takagi Kimiyo,
Kawame Hiroshi,
Kondo Yoshiaki,
Nakamura Tomohiko
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00572.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anal atresia , atresia , prenatal diagnosis , dysplasia , tracheoesophageal fistula , fistula , fetus , obstetrics , intracytoplasmic sperm injection , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , surgery , pregnancy , pathology , infertility , biology , genetics
Abstract Although prenatal diagnosis of VACTERL (vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac anomaly, tracheal‐esophageal fistula with esophageal atresia, renal defects, and radial limb dysplasia) association is not always possible, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging can visualize some of the characteristic findings of this condition. Because infants with this condition usually require significant surgical treatment and care, prenatal detection with those imaging modalities should assist in proper planning for delivery and anticipated care of the neonate. In this report, we present dichorionic twin fetuses, both of whom were found postnatally to have this condition, and suggest the possible relationship between this disorder and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. As far as we know, this is the first report of twin fetuses affected by VACTERL association.