Asaranti Kar, Pranati Mohanty, Tushar Kar, Jagadish Behera, Susmita Behera, Amarendra Nayak
Department of Pathology, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha 753007, India.
Case Rep Pathol. 2012;2012:129323. doi: 10.1155/2012/129323. Epub 2012 Aug 26.
Thoracoomphalopagus is the commonest type of conjoined twin where the bodies are fused from upper chest to lower chest. The autopsy done can help counsil the parents for further pregnancies and determine the prognosis depending upon the type of cardiac anomaly by Seo classification when detected antenatally. We describe the detail pathological autopsy of such a case with single heart and single liver. A detail autopsy was done on the twin fetus. The twins shared a single heart and sometimes the liver and part of digestive system. The combined weight was 4.1 KG. Both were full-term male babies joined from below the nipple till umbilicus. Autopsy in conjoined twins helps in deciding the type of fusion of the body and also of the heart and great vessels. It can help in counseling parents about future pregnancies that there is no chance of recurrence of this abnormality and no need to be scared.
胸腹联体双胎是联体双胎中最常见的类型,其身体从胸部上半部分到下半部分融合在一起。进行尸检有助于为父母提供关于未来妊娠的咨询,并在产前检测到心脏异常时,根据Seo分类确定预后。我们描述了这样一例单心单肝联体双胎的详细病理尸检情况。对这对联体双胎胎儿进行了详细尸检。这对双胎共用一个心脏,有时还共用肝脏和部分消化系统。总重量为4.1千克。二者均为足月男婴,从乳头下方直至脐部相连。联体双胎的尸检有助于确定身体以及心脏和大血管的融合类型。它有助于向父母咨询未来妊娠情况,告知他们这种异常不会复发,无需恐慌。