Sirenomelia in one of Nigerian monochorionic twins.
A 1,600 gm baby with sirenomelia (caudal regression syndrome) associated with extensive anomalies in the internal organs occurring in one of a set of monochromic twins delivered at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Shagamu, Nigeria is being reported. The baby lived for approximately twenty hours. The co-twin had no obvious malformation.
Shonubi
A M O
AM
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Shagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Salami
B A
BA
Falade
A G
AG
Ejiwunmi
A B
AB
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004480:Ectromelia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000002:abnormalities; D011247:Pregnancy; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities; D013977:Tibia / Q000002:abnormalities; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic