Dicephalic-dipus: a case report.
Bipagous conjoined twins are rare with an incidence of 1 in 50,000 to 1 in 100,000 births, but rarer still are heteropagous dicephalic dipus with an incidence of 0.1-0.2 per 10,000 births. No more than 4 sets of such surviving twins-sharing an undivided torso and two legs have been recorded in history consequently, the usual recommendation is for termination of pregnancy following prenatal diagnosis since historically, postnatal survival is unlikely. We present a case of dicephalic-dipus seen in our institution.
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Department of Surgery, Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000473:pathology*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal