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Thoracopagus Conjoined Twins

NJ Perinatal Associates, Livingston, NJ, carat{at}comcast.net

Dom Terrone, MD

NJ Perinatal Associates, Livingston, NJ

Facog Julie Cosgrove, BS, RDMS

NJ Perinatal Associates, Livingston, NJ

Conjoined twins are identical twins who develop with a single placenta from a single fertilized ovum. The developing embryo begins to split after the 13th day of conception but stops part way, leaving the partially separated ovum to mature into a conjoined fetus. Conjoined twins may be joined at a variety of anatomic sites.

Key Words: conjoined twins • thoracopagus • monozygotic

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Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 22, No. 1, 53-55 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/8756479305284820


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