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Ischiopagus Tetrapus, Parasitic Tripus Conjoined Twins: A Rare Anomaly

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Title: Ischiopagus Tetrapus, Parasitic Tripus Conjoined Twins: A Rare Anomaly

Authors: Riaz Ahmed

Journal: Journal of Surgery Pakistan

HEC Recognition History
Category From To
Y 2024-10-01 2025-12-31
Y 2023-07-01 2024-09-30
Y 2022-07-01 2023-06-30
Y 2021-07-01 2022-06-30
Y 2020-07-01 2021-06-30

Publisher: Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2021

Volume: 26

Issue: 3

Language: en

Categories
Medical Anomalies (5) Pediatric Surgery (1097) Medical Diagnostics (164) Obstetrics (3977) Medical Genetics (249)

Abstract

Ischiopagus parasitic conjoined twins is a rare and intriguing anomaly with limited number of case reports in literature addressing clinical presentation and surgical intervention performed. A set of ischiopagus tetrapus heteropagus tripus conjoined male twins is reported who were not diagnosed on antenatal ultrasound. First stage surgical separation was done with uneventful recovery.
Key words
Ischiopagus, Parasitic twins, Surgical separation, Conjoined twins.

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