title: [Identical, for better and for worse].
abstract: We report on identical premature twins (monochorionic diamniotic). As fetuses, they both demonstrated sonographic and MRI evidence of cerebral bilateral ventriculomegaly. Neonatal brain US showed bilateral ventriculomegaly, similar in both twins. During follow-up, these physical and imaging similarities persisted. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on similar bilateral ventriculomegaly in Identical Twins (IT). A genetic origin of this finding in our IT is suggested. Should more cases of ventriculomegaly be reported in the future in several sets of IT, cerebral ventriculomegaly can then be added to the list of similar CNS features observed in identical twins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ulanovsky
authors.forename: Polo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sujov
authors.forename: Zeev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shahar
authors.forename: Imad R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Makhoul
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic