Conjoined twins and abdominal pregnancy.
Abdominal pregnancy is rare; conjoined twins are also rare. The diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy is easily missed and often not made until near full-term. Similarly conjoined twins are not diagnosed until late in gestation or during parturition. In this case, the diagnosis of conjoined twins and abdominal pregnancy was only made during laparotomy.
Offringa
P J
PJ
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Wildschut
H I
HI
Tutein Nolthenius-Puylaert
M C
MC
Leon
S
S
Boersma
E R
ER
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D014428:Twins, Conjoined