Open AccessAcardiac-acephalus Twinning- A Very Rare Case Report
Author(s) -
Parvez Ahmed,
Noorzahan Begum,
Mohammad Ahsan,
Mosharruf Hossain,
Munshi Md Arif Hosen,
Tasnim Ahmed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicine today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8714
pISSN - 1810-1828
DOI - 10.3329/medtoday.v32i2.48839
Subject(s) - medicine , crystal twinning , monochorionic twins , perinatal mortality , obstetrics , pregnancy , ultrasonography , arterial perfusion , twin to twin transfusion syndrome , fetus , perfusion , surgery , radiology , microstructure , materials science , biology , metallurgy , genetics
This study highlights a very rare case which was related to abnormal monochorionic twinning status.
Case Report: This case (a 28 year old pregnant woman) came at this institute for ultrasonographic evaluation of herpregnancy status. Her ultrasonographic results were consistent with acardiac-acephalus twinning condition (which isalso known as, twin reversed arterial perfusion or TRAP sequence).
Discussion: This monochorionic twin pregnancy isa severe form of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and severe TTTS has mortality rate of about 60–100%.
Conclusion: This case is very rare showing prevalence of about 1/35,000 overall pregnancies and accounting 1.0% ofthe monochorionic twin pregnancies.
Medicine Today 2020 Vol.32(2): 143-144