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Circulation
|September 1, 1977
Resumen
Este estudio de caso presenta gemelos siameses toracopágicos con anomalías viscerales únicas y defectos cardíacos complejos. El rescate quirúrgico de un gemelo podría ser hipotéticamente posible, mientras que el otro es sacrificado.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Estudio de caso médico estudio de caso médico.
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
- Anomalías congénitas.
Sus antecedentes:
- Presenta un raro caso de gemelos siameses toracopágicos.
- Destaca las complejas anomalías congénitas en gemelos monocigóticos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Documentar un caso único de gemelos siamés con extensas malformaciones viscerales y cardíacas.
- Discutir las posibles consideraciones quirúrgicas en casos tan complejos.
Principales métodos:
- Informe de caso de una hembra nacida muerta toracópago pareja de gemelos siameses.
- Examen anatómico y patológico detallado de órganos compartidos e individuales y sistemas circulatorios.
Principales resultados:
- Los gemelos compartían las cavidades pericárdicas y abdominales, el hígado y el intestino delgado.
- Exhibió anomalías viscerales únicas y no espejo, incluida la asplenia en un gemelo.
- Presentaba malformaciones cardíacas graves y complejas con aurículas y ventrículos fusionados y comunicaciones intercirculadoras.
- Uno de los gemelos tenía una sola aurícula, un único ventrículo derecho, atresia pulmonar y arco aórtico derecho.
- El otro gemelo tenía defectos dobles del tabique auricular, conexión venosa pulmonar anómala parcial, vena cava superior izquierda persistente, ventrículo izquierdo solitario y arco aórtico izquierdo.
Conclusiones:
- Los gemelos siamés con toracopago pueden presentarse con anomalías viscerales y cardíacas altamente individualizadas y complejas.
- La intervención quirúrgica para gemelos siameses requiere una cuidadosa consideración de la anatomía compartida y la viabilidad individual.
- Este caso subraya la variabilidad y complejidad de las malformaciones congénitas en gemelos monocigóticos.
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