Multiple intestinal atresia and congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome in a surviving monochorionic twin with intrauterine death of the co-twin.
This report presents a case of a surviving monochorionic twin with multiple intestinal atresia and congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome, which developed after the intrauterine death of the cotwin. The pathology of the placenta demonstrated vein-to-vein communication between the twins and multiple intravascular thrombi in the dead cotwin.
Mochizuki
Kyoko
K
Department of Surgery, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama 232-8555, Japan. kyomochiduki-gi@umin.ac.jp
Shinkai
Masato
M
Ohhama
Youkatsu
Y
Take
Hiroshi
H
Kitagawa
Norihiko
N
Honda
Shohei
S
Hirata
Yoshihiro
Y
Ishikawa
Hiroshi
H
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005330:Fetofetal Transfusion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D054220:Malformations of Cortical Development / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic