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Case Reports
. 2015 Oct 22;2(1):20150016.
doi: 10.1259/bjrcr.20150016. eCollection 2016.

Conjoined twins-thoraco-omphalopagus (type A)

Omar Muayad Sultan, Ahmed Said Tawfeek
Case Reports

Conjoined twins-thoraco-omphalopagus (type A)

Omar Muayad Sultan et al. BJR Case Rep. .

Abstract

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.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Gray scale transabdominal ultrasound. (a) Longitudinal and (b) transverse views show the fusion site with single central heart.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Three-dimensional ultrasound image shows two fused foetuses with free lower limbs.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Transabdominal colour Doppler ultrasound shows single central heart with two aortic arches and two descending aortas.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Photographic images (a–d) show the thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins immediately after delivery.
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