Conjoined twins discordant for cleft lip and palate.
Female thoraco-omphalopagus twins were of equal size and had similar abnormalities related to the twinning site. However, one twin was more severely affected and also had cleft lip and palate which the co-twin did not have. The implications of this are discussed.
Seller
M J
MJ
Division of Medical and Molecular Genetics, United Medical School of Guy's Hospital, London, England.
D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology*; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000473:pathology*