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Acta pediátrica de México
On-line version ISSN 2395-8235Print version ISSN 0186-2391
Abstract
GOMEZ-MURILLO, Sheila Yadira; SOLORZANO-MORALES, Sara Alejandra and MACIAS-AVILES, Héctor. Conjoined omphalopagus twins: a case report. Acta pediatr. Méx [online]. 2014, vol.35, n.6, pp.469-476. ISSN 2395-8235.
Multiple pregnancies are 3% of the total. The most frequent are dizygotic females, however, a small group of them are of monozygotic conjoined twins in some anatomical area. This attracts the attention of physicians because of the rarity of the condition and the difficulties as well as the ethical dilemmas for their treatment. We report a case of male Siamese omphalopagus. They were separated surgically at seven weeks of age. One of them lived six months.
Keywords : Multiple pregnancies; Siamese; Conjoined twins; Omphalopagus.