title: First trimester diagnosis of conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy after IVF and ICSI: case report.
abstract: A case of conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection is described. The diagnosis was made by high-resolution vaginal sonography, as early as the eighth week of gestation. The third fetus, of different chorionicity, was normal. Selective termination was successfully done at 12 weeks. The possible association between assisted reproduction and conjoined twinning is discussed. The importance of expert early vaginal sonography of pregnancy resulting from assisted reproduction technology is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula and the Rappaport School of Medicine, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben-Shlomo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shalev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D018607:Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; D014310:Triplets; D014428:Twins, Conjoined; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal