Early prenatal diagnosis of conjoined twins at 7 weeks and 6 days' gestation with two-dimensional Doppler ultrasound: A case report

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TANER M. Z., Kurdoglu M., Taskiran C., KURDOĞLU Z., Himmetoglu O., Balci S.

Cases Journal, cilt.2, sa.7, 2009 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-8330
  • Dergi Adı: Cases Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This case report presents the prenatal diagnosis of conjoined twins at 7 weeks and 6 days' gestation according to the last menstrual period and 6 weeks and 4 days' gestation according to crown-rump length in a 32-year-old Turkish woman, using two-dimensional Doppler ultrasound. The twins were fused to each other at the thoracic region (thoracopagus). In the light of previous reports of conjoined twins this appears to be one of the earliest prenatally diagnosed cases in the medical literature. © 2009 Taner et al; licensee Cases Network Ltd.