Ultrasound diagnosis of dicephalic conjoined twins at 24 weeks of gestation.
We report the case of dicephalic conjoined twins discovered incidentally on a routine ultrasound at 24 weeks of gestation. There were 2 heads and a neck that fused with 1 thorax, but the spines continued all the way to the coccyx. The spines were connected medially by a fused rib, and laterally, there were ribs that went around the thorax in a more normal fashion. Antenatal ultrasound images are supplemented by postnatal photographs and x-rays.
Durr-e-Sabih
Multan Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Nishtar Medical College and Hospital, Multan, Pakistan.
Sabih
Zahida
Z
Worrall
Joseph A
JA
Khan
Ali N
AN
D000025:Abortion, Eugenic / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D014428:Twins, Conjoined; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*