Conjoined Twins Complicating a Dichorionic Triplet Pregnancy after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
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Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Case No. | Authors | Country | Age | Gravity | Parity | Treatment | Triplet Type | Type of Conjoining | Gestational Age at Diagnosis | Selective Termination | Result | No. of Newborns |
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1 | Skupski et al., 1995 [40] | USA | 35 | NS | 2 | IVF | DCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 12 weeks | + | Ongoing pregnancy | NA |
2 | Goldberg et al., 2000 [14] | Israel | 28 | 1 | 0 | ICSI | DCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 8 weeks 4 days | + | Ongoing pregnancy | NA |
3 | Timor-Tritsch et al., 2000 [41] | USA | NS | NS | NS | IVF | DCDA | Omphalopagus | 10 weeks | + | NS | 1 |
4 | Charles et al., 2005 [42] | Australia | 20 | NS | NS | IVF | DCDA | Omphalopagus | 10 weeks | + | Death due to premature delivery at 21 weeks of gestation | 0 |
5 | Hirata et al., 2009 [32] | Japan | 34 | 1 | 1 | ICSI | DCDA | Thoracopagus | 8 weeks | - | Spontaneous cardiac arrest of the CTs at 10 weeks and 3 days of gestation A male neonate weighing 2792g was born at 39 weeks of gestation | 1 |
6 | Shepherd et al., 2011 [21] | Canada | 32 | 1 | 0 | Ovulation Induction | DCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 13 weeks 1 day | + | A male neonate weighing 3590g was delivered vaginally at 40 of weeks gestation | 1 |
7 | Talebian et al., 2015 [43] | Iran | 38 | 1 | 0 | ICSI | MCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 12 weeks 2 days | + | Selective fetocide performed at 16 weeks of gestation All fetuses were spontaneously aborted | 0 |
8 | Castro et al., 2017 [44] | Brazil | 32 | NS | NS | ICSI | DCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 9 weeks | - | Spontaneous cardiac arrest of the CTs at 13 weeks of gestation A female neonate weighing 2750g was vaginally delivered at 38 weeks | 1 |
9 | Yuan et al., 2017 [45] | China | 39 | 3 | 0 | IVF | MCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 10 weeks | - | Termination of pregnancy by induced abortion | 0 |
10 | Liu et al.,.2021 [46] | China | 22 | 1 | 0 | IVF | DCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 13 weeks 5 days | + | A female neonate weighing 2760g was delivered by caesarean section at 37 weeks and 4 days of gestation | 1 |
11 | Eleftheriades et al., 2022 (our case) | Greece | 44 | 1 | 0 | ICSI | DCDA | Thoraco-omphalopagus | 11 weeks | + | A healthy neonate weighting 2200g was delivered by caesarean section at 38 weeks and 1 day of gestation | 1 |
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Eleftheriades, A.; Christopoulos, P.; Tsapakis, E.; Tsarna, E.; Vlahos, N.F.; Kalampokas, E.; Bolla, D.; Eleftheriades, M. Conjoined Twins Complicating a Dichorionic Triplet Pregnancy after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Children 2022, 9, 1549. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101549
Eleftheriades A, Christopoulos P, Tsapakis E, Tsarna E, Vlahos NF, Kalampokas E, Bolla D, Eleftheriades M. Conjoined Twins Complicating a Dichorionic Triplet Pregnancy after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Children. 2022; 9(10):1549. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101549
Chicago/Turabian StyleEleftheriades, Anna, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Elsa Tsapakis, Ermioni Tsarna, Nikolaos F. Vlahos, Emmanouil Kalampokas, Daniele Bolla, and Makarios Eleftheriades. 2022. "Conjoined Twins Complicating a Dichorionic Triplet Pregnancy after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature" Children 9, no. 10: 1549. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101549