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Case Reports
. 2008 Dec;153(6):860-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.009.

Symmetric truncal aplasia cutis congenita following multifetal reduction of a sextuplet pregnancy

Julie V Schaffer  1 , Dorota A Popiolek, Seth J Orlow
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Symmetric truncal aplasia cutis congenita following multifetal reduction of a sextuplet pregnancy

Julie V Schaffer et al. J Pediatr. 2008 Dec.

Abstract

Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) in a symmetric, stellate pattern on the trunk or extremities is classically associated with a fetus papyraceus. We report symmetric truncal ACC in a neonate born of a sextuplet pregnancy that had been reduced to twins. This case highlights truncal ACC as a consequence of modern reproductive medicine.

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  • Multiple births and aplasia cutis.
    Pharoah PO. Pharoah PO. J Pediatr. 2009 Oct;155(4):598; author reply 598-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.040. J Pediatr. 2009. PMID: 19773009 No abstract available.

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