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Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man

Clin. biomed. res; 42 (2), 2022
Fetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly in which a malformed fetus is incorporated within the body of its twin. It was first described in the late 18th century and has an incidence of 1:500,000 live births. In most cases, the diagnosis is made in infants or young adults. To date, the oldest pati...

Antenatal Diagnosis of Parapagus Conjoined Twins: 3D Virtual and 3D Physical Models

Abstract Conjoined twins (CTs) are a rare complication from monochorionic and monoamniotic twin pregnancies. We describe the use of 3D technologies, including 3D virtual and 3D physical models on prenatal evaluation of one parapagus CT. A 16-year-old G1P0 woman was referred for fetal magnetic resonance i...

Deradelphous Cephalothoracoomphalopagus in kittens: case report

The present report describes a case of conjoined twins of the cephalo-thoraco-omphalopagus deradelphous type in cats. A feline female was transferred to our veterinary hospital as an emergency for dystocic labor. The stillborn was subjected to radiographic evaluation, and a single skull and two complete ...

Diagnóstico pré-natal de gêmeos parapagos dicefálicos por meio de ultrassonografia: relato de caso
Prenatal diagnosis of dicephalic parapagus twins with ultrasound: case report

RESUMO Os gêmeos unidos são formados nos estágios iniciais da gestação. A varidade parapagos dicefálicos costumam apresentar corações fundidos com arco aórtico, transposição de grandes vasos e ausência de baço e situs inversus. Assim, é importante o diagnóstico precoce dessa condição, po...

Fetus in fetu: caso clínico estudiado con tomografía tridimensional
Fetus in Fetu: clinical case studied with three-dimensional tomography

Rev. méd. hondur; 89 (1, supl), 2021
Antecedentes: Fetus in fetu (FIF) es una rara anomalía congénita de gemelos monocigotos asimétricos, donde el gemelo parásito se desarrolla anormalmente dentro del cuerpo del gemelo huésped. Actualmente hay menos de 200 casos reportados a nivel mundial siendo este el segundo caso ...

Asymmetric parasitic twins - Heteropagus

SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Asymmetric or heteropagus conjoined twins is a rare occurrence, with an incidence of one case in 1-2 million. Conjoined twins are classified according to their symmetry, place of fusion, and grade of duplication. METHODS: We report here an extremely rare presentation of parasitic tw...

Siameses toracópagos: Reporte de un caso

Rev. ecuat. pediatr; 20 (1), 2019
Los gemelos siameses son una entidad rara, cuya incidencia varía de 1 en 50.000 a 1 en 100.000 nacidos vivos; solo el 18 % sobrevive y aproximadamente el 35 % de los nacidos vivos muere en las primeras 24 horas. Se reportó un caso de siameses toracópagos, con diagnóstico prenatal mediante ultrasonogr...

Late secondary urological reconstruction of separated ischiopagus twins with exstrophic bladder and urinary incontinence

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT We report a case of secondary urinary reconstruction of previously separated conjoined twins with exstrophic bladder and urinary incontinence. Patients were male and aged 13-year-old. Twin one had a history of failed enterocystoplasty that extruded and was visible like an exstrophic neobladder. ...