Open AccessPrenatal diagnosis of craniopagus
Author(s) -
Loverro Giuseppe,
Occhiogrosso Michele,
Caruso Gilda,
Greco Pantaleo,
Selvaggi Luigi
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349109006216
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal diagnosis , conjoined twins , pregnancy , pathological , abnormality , ultrasound , obstetrics , omphalocele , fetus , pediatrics , surgery , radiology , pathology , genetics , psychiatry , biology
The long‐term prognosis of craniopagus, a congenital abnormality of monozygotic twinning, is strictly correlated to the type of shared cerebral structures. Hence, the purpose of prenatal diagnosis is not only to detect this malformation, but also to identify the fused cerebral structures. The authors report a prenatal diagnosis of a craniopagus during the second trimester of pregnancy. Comparison of ultrasound data with the pathological findings underlines that ultrasound is of great value in detecting malformations, but it is not alone sufficient to identify the types of conjoined cerebral structures.