Successful intrauterine treatment with alcohol ablation in a case of acardiac twin pregnancy.
Acardiac twinning is a rare obstetric condition unique to monochorionic twin gestation and the pump twin has high perinatal mortality. We report an acardiac twin pregnancy, in which the pump twin presented with intrauterine growth restriction and oligohydramnios, and grossly hydropic acardiac fetus measured 12 x 14 x 18 cm, and with no cardiac activity at 27 weeks of gestation. We treated the acardiac fetus with 1 ml alcohol ablation in utero, and delivered a live male baby weighing 1750 g at 36 weeks' gestation.
Gul
Ahmet
A
Maternal and Fetal Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul SSK Bakirkoy Women and Children Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cebeci
Altan
A
Yildirim
Gokhan
G
Aslan
Halil
H
Ceylan
Yavuz
Y
D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018607:Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal / Q000379:methods*; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014469:Umbilical Arteries
D000431:Ethanol