Body stalk deformity in a twin pregnancy: case report and review.
Body stalk deformity is a variety of the limb-body wall complex (LBMC)--the rare, complicated, congenital process believed to result from early rupture of the amnion and vascular disruption. Here we report a case of this anomaly in a twin pregnancy and describe the prenatal ultrasound findings.
Glasser
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Diagnostic Radiology Associates, Ellicott City, Maryland.
Zaeri
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Nisenbaum
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014998:Y Chromosome