Partially autoamputated heteropagus omphalopagus acardiac twin with accessory fetal bowel

Rachael Stokes; Sergey Vavilov; Susan Adams

doi:10.1016/j.epsc.2019.101195

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (May 2019)

Partially autoamputated heteropagus omphalopagus acardiac twin with accessory fetal bowel

Rachael Stokes,
Sergey Vavilov,
Susan Adams

Affiliations

Rachael Stokes: Corresponding author.; Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sergey Vavilov: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Susan Adams: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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

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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

Published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-5766 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-pediatric-surgery-case-reports

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