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Conjoined twins and abdominal pregnancy
P J Offringa1, H I Wildschut, M C Tutein Nolthenius-Puylaert
1Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Abdominal pregnancy is rare; conjoined twins are also rare. The diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy is easily missed and often not made until near full-term. Similarly conjoined twins are not diagnosed until late in gestation or during parturition. In this case, the diagnosis of conjoined twins and abdominal pregnancy was only made during laparotomy.