Parasitic rachiopagus conjoined twins with herniation of the autosite spinal cord into the parasite: case report.
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.
Shirani
Mohammad
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadi
S Mehrdad
SM
Spencer
Rowena
R
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*