Craniofacial duplication (diprosopus): report of a case with a review of the literature.
A case of craniofacial duplication (diprosopus) is presented. Details on this rare form of conjoined twins are described, and the proposed theories of its embryogenesis are discussed with brief review of the pertinent literature.
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Pathology Services Division, Dhahran Health Center, Saudia Aramco, Saudi Arabia.
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D000328:Adult; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism; D014428:Twins, Conjoined