Acardiac anceps: a rare congenital anomaly.
Acardiac twin is a rare congenital anomaly and is exclusively associated with monochorionic twin pregnancies. The abnormalities occur due to abnormal communication between the two fetuses in the form of arterioarterial and venovenous communications, resulting in a grossly abnormal acardiac twin with reduction anomalies mainly of the upper body and gross oedema. Since no two acardiac twins are alike, this case report will add to the acardiac twin anomaly spectrum.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India.
Aruna
A
Nigam
Rohini
R
Agarwal
Pikee
P
Saxena
Jaya
J
Barla
D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D059285:Pregnancy, Twin; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal