Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Descriptions of the rarely occurring condition of conjoined twins are sparse. METHODS:We report a case series of four conjoined twin pregnancies diagnosed up to 16 weeks of gestation. One was in a quadruplet in vitro fertilization intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF-ICSI) pregnancy of cryopreserved embryos and the others were spontaneous conceptions. Three were thoracopagus and had increased nuchal translucency (NT) or big nuchal cysts and one was omphalopagus. RESULTS:All the three affected twin pregnancies were terminated by cervical dilatation and uterine evacuation. In another case, selective fetal reduction, shortly followed by embryo reduction to singleton was performed. Histological analysis of one case revealed dissimilar gender. No further cytogenetic or molecular studies were conducted by parental request. The pathophysiology of increased NT, subcutaneous edema or nuchal cysts in thoracopagus conjoined twins, the possible embryonic events that may lead to dizygotic conjoined twins and the clinical management of conjoined twins in sets of multiple gestation are discussed. CONCLUSIONS:The current case series illustrates that there are many problems related to this rare, but intriguing, accident of nature that still need to be overcome.
journal_name
Prenat Diagnjournal_title
Prenatal diagnosisauthors
Maymon R,Mendelovic S,Schachter M,Ron-El R,Weinraub Z,Herman Adoi
10.1002/pd.1274subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-09-01 00:00:00pages
839-43issue
9eissn
0197-3851issn
1097-0223journal_volume
25pub_type
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 信件
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.2137
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.373
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
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更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/pd.828
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199908)19:8<749::aid-pd619
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/pd.2551
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.1970140112
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.1176
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199610)16:10<958::AID-PD97
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199712)17:12<1135::aid-pd2
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199610)16:10<915::AID-PD96
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199607)16:7<670::AID-PD929
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.734
更新日期:2003-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.1772
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.5565
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.1970130605
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report one case of de novo complex chromosomal rearrangement (CCR) t(2q;3p;4q;13q) with at least five chromosomal breakpoints. This CCR was detected prenatally at 22 weeks of gestation, when mild echographic indications were disclosed during a routine examination in a female with no family history of congenital abn...
journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199611)16:11<1046::AID-PD9
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mosaicism in 4-8-cell human embryos analysed by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) has been widely reported, but few studies have addressed the incidence of mosaicism in more advanced embryonic stages. In the present study we analysed spare human embryos in a case of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for ...
journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Prenatal diagnosis
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/pd.4482
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00