Open AccessConjoined twins—thoraco-omphalopagus (type A)
Author(s) -
Omar Sultan,
Ahmed Said Tawfeek
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bjr case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-7159
DOI - 10.1259/bjrcr.20150016
Subject(s) - conjoined twins , gestation , medicine , caesarean section , abdomen , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , biology , genetics
A case of conjoined twins discovered by routine transabdominal ultrasound examination at 16 weeks gestation in a 19-year-old multigravid female. They were joined at the chest and the abdomen and had one functional heart. The pregnancy was terminated by caesarean section at 19 weeks gestation with approval from the family.