title: Parasitic rachiopagus conjoined twins with herniation of the autosite spinal cord into the parasite: case report.
abstract: A female newborn was found to have a rachiopagus parasite consisting of hypoplastic lower limbs attached to the dorsal thoracolumbar region; at surgery, when the infant was 30 days old, the autosite spinal cord was found to have herniated through a spina bifida into the parasite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirani
authors.forename: S Mehrdad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.forename: Rowena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000002:abnormalities; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D038061:Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital; D013116:Spinal Cord; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000473:pathology; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*