title: Antepartal fetal death of one twin.
abstract: Twenty-four cases with antepartal fetal death of one twin are reported. Of the stillborn fetuses 5 were delivered as a fetus papyraceus, 13 had severe and 6 no maceration. The cesarean section rate was 25%. The placenta was monochorionic in 12 cases. Structural defects were found in one monochorionic co-twin of a fetus papyraceus. Otherwise the neonatal morbidity of the liveborn co-twins was not increased if the low gestational age averaging 34 weeks, was taken into account. No manifestations of defective hemostasis were observed in the mothers.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000196:embryology; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014427:Twins