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10072652

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
Twin gestation is often a hazardous pregnancy and especially the monochorionic twin pregnancy significantly contributes to fetal morbidity and mortality. Among the serious complications with twins, the twin-twin transfusion syndrome complicates 5-35% of monozygotic twin pregnancies with monochorionic placentation. Acardiac twinning, earlier known as chorioangiopagus parasiticus, is the most extreme manifestation of this condition. An acardiac twin is a rare complication of multifetal pregnancy, in the literature reported at an incidence of 1% of monochorionic twin pregnancies, i.e. 1 of 35,000 pregnancies. In the following paper we review the literature on the subject and report 6 cases, 5 twins and 1 triplet, that were diagnosed at our department during the period of 1993-1997 and treated conservatively. Only 1 child survived.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1015-3837
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
53-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Acardiac twins: pathophysiology, diagnosis, outcome and treatment. Six cases and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review