title: Ischiopagus tripus conjoined twins.
abstract: A conjoined twin is one of the rare congenital defects. Ischiopagus variety is even rarer. We present a case of ischiopagus-tripus conjoined twins. They were fused at the lower halves of the bodies. One of the twins was apparently normal looking, active and pink. The other twin was small, ill looking, sluggish and cyanosed. There were two well formed separate lower limbs on one side and a fused limb at the other side. The twins had an imperforate anus and two small orifices draining urine with incompletely developed external genitalia. Pre-operative workup was in progress when the twins passed away.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, National Institute of Child Health Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Yousuf A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Khan