Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (May 2019)

Partially autoamputated heteropagus omphalopagus acardiac twin with accessory fetal bowel

  • Rachael Stokes,
  • Sergey Vavilov,
  • Susan Adams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2019.101195
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44

Abstract

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This case report describes the management of a 27-year-old lady's partially auto-amputated heteropagus omphalopagus acardiac twin. This was a rare case that resulted in the parasitic twin's bowel being located extra-peritoneal but within the abdominal wall of the host twin. Keywords: Heteropagus, Omphalopagus, Parasitic, Accessory bowel