title: Left over bowels: an unique complication in a surviving twin.
abstract: Conjoint twins have always been a surgical challenge. The authors report an unusual finding in a surviving epigastric heteropagus twin. A 17 year old boy who underwent laparotomy for acute intestinal obstruction revealed a blind ending but complete duplication of the large bowel and an accessory liver in the falciform ligament, along with a separate gall bladder but with fused bile ducts. The findings suggest that the duplicated bowel loop and the accessory liver were remnants of the incomplete parasite twin, assimilated into the body of the autosite, which remained asymptomatic for 17 years. This case is being reported because of the uniqueness of the finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State, India. anilthomasgeorge@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varkey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalam
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Surendran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D014428:Twins, Conjoined