[Fetal thoraco-omphalopagus. Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis at 15 weeks]
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[Fetal thoraco-omphalopagus. Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis at 15 weeks]
Abstract
A case of ultrasonographic prenatal diagnosis of conjoined thoraco-omphalopagus twins is reported at the fifteenth week of amenorrhea. Ultrasonography is the only mean of antepartum diagnosis of conjoined twins; Several diagnostic criteria are recalled as well as etiopathogenic and epidemiological considerations of this rare malformation which may concern 1/15.000 to 1/100.000 pregnancies.
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