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Am J Perinatol 1995; 12(6): 401-403
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994507
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© 1995 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Further Complications in the Stuck Twin Syndrome: Decubiti Ulcerations and Iatrogenic Exsanguination

Thomas Westover, Shyamashree Sengupta, Susan Shen-Schwarz
  • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

We present two previously unreported complications of the stuck twin syndrome: decubiti skin ulceration in an immobile oligohydramniotic twin and iatrogenic exsanguination of its cotwin presumably secondary to disruption of an intraplacental shunt.

Keywords

Stuck twin syndrome - decubiti skin ulceration - oligohydramnios - exsanguination