title: Gnatho-thoracopagus conjoined twins with near di-symmetry: a case report of an unusual form of conjoined twinning.
abstract: The term gnatho-thoracopagus was used previously to describe a remote case of conjoined twins with union involving the mandible. Few reported cases of this type of union exist in the literature. A case of ventrally conjoined twins, with union involving the mandible and near di-symmetry, is presented here and compared with similar previously reported cases. The presented case represents an example of prosopo-thoracopagus, an intermediate between cephalopagus and thoracopagus conjoined twins, although this case does have unique variations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors.forename: Rochelle A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Katzman
mesh_terms: D009008:Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000473:pathology*