title: Parasitic twin with gastroschisis is one of the rarest variant of conjoined twins: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of parasitic twin or incomplete or heteropagus twining of extra portions of a pelvis, lower and upper limbs, duplication of genitalia and herniation of intestinal tract with spleen-variant of conjoined twinning (CT) consistent with fusion of two embryos followed by resorption of the caudal half of one of them, resulting in a normal male baby with the upper half of a male parasitic twin fused to his chest.
authors.affiliation: HoD, Department of Paediatric Surgery, K.A.P.V. Government Medical College, M.G.M. Government Hospital, Trichirappalli, 6200017 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baskaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, K.A.P.V. Government Medical College, M.G.M. Government Hospital, Trichirappalli, 6200017 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aleem
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, K.A.P.V. Government Medical College, M.G.M. Government Hospital, Trichirappalli, 6200017 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravi
keywords: Conjoined twin; Gastroschisis; Heteropagus; Parasitic twin