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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Fetal Medicine 2015; 02(01): 45-50
DOI: 10.1007/s40556-015-0039-x
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Cephalophagus Conjoined Twins by Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Ravi Kapoor
1   City X-ray and Scan Clinic, Vikas Puri, New Delhi, India
,
Ashutosh Bansal
1   City X-ray and Scan Clinic, Vikas Puri, New Delhi, India
,
Abhinav Aggarwal
2   Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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,
Aakriti Kapoor Aggarwal
2   Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Radhika Batra Taneja
3   City X-ray and Scan Clinic, Tilak Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Cephalopagus is the rarest type of conjoined twins. Early antenatal diagnosis is important in view of extremely poor prognosis as surgical separation is not possible in such cases. Fetal MRI is an excellent complementary tool to prenatal sonography in assessment of complex fetal anomalies.

Keywords

Conjoined twins - Cephalopagus - Prenatal diagnosis - Fetal MRI - Prenatal ultrasonography


Publication History

Received: 04 March 2015

Accepted: 20 May 2015

Article published online:
08 May 2023

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