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Monoamniotic twins discordant for body stalk anomaly.

Authors :
Tavares MV
Domingues AP
Tavares M
Fonseca E
Moura P
Source :
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians [J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med] 2015 Jan; Vol. 28 (1), pp. 113-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Apr 09.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Body stalk anomaly is a rare malformation. This anomaly in monozygotic twins is extremely unusual. We describe a case of monoamniotic pregnancy discordant for body stalk anomaly diagnosed at 11 weeks. Ultrasound showed a fetus with a large anterior abdominal wall defect, anomaly of the spine and no evidence of lower extremities and other with a normal morphology. As far as our concern, only three monoamniotic pregnancies discordant for this malformation were reported. Our case represents the fourth reported monoamniotic pregnancy discordant for body stalk anomaly with diagnosis made by ultrasound and the second diagnosed in the first trimester.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1476-4954
Volume :
28
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
24588260
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3109/14767058.2014.900035