title: Absence of upper limbs (amelia) in surviving intrauterine twin after salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy.
abstract: A patient is described who had simultaneous tubal and intrauterine pregnancies. The tubal pregnancy was treated by salpingectomy at 51 days after the onset of the last menstrual period. The surviving twin was born after 42 weeks gestation and had no upper limbs (amelia).
mesh_terms: D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004480:Ectromelia / Q000209:etiology*; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery*