Craniopagus: second Brisbane case. Case report.
Craniopagus is a rare and intriguing condition with an incidence of one in 2.5 million births. The chance of a neurosurgeon seeing a case in a working lifetime is unlikely. The chances of two cases from the same community within 12 months are remote in the extreme. The authors present a second case of craniopagus born and separated in Brisbane, Australia, in 2001 and discuss the intricacies of surgical separation and the lessons learned.
Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Children's and Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. scott_campbell@health.qld.gov.au
Scott
S
Campbell
Richard
R
Theile
Gordon
G
Stuart
Matthew
M
McDonald
Stephen
S
Sinnott
Kieran
K
Frawley
John
J
Wilson
Alan
A
Isles
D001315:Australia; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery*