A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal Dysraphism
An ectopic or accessory limb attached to the back is an extremely rare and strange condition, and there are only a few documented cases in the worldwide literature. The first case was described by Jones and Larkin (1889). There are several theories regarding the origin of this condition. Asymmetric...
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| description | An ectopic or accessory limb attached to the back is an extremely rare and strange condition, and there are only a few documented cases in the worldwide literature. The first case was described by Jones and Larkin (1889). There are several theories regarding the origin of this condition. Asymmetric conjoined twinning which is located dorsally in the vertebral column (rachipagus) is the most probable diagnosis of our patient. Conjoined twinning is very rare and the incidence is 1 per 50 000 live births. Rachipagus is even rarer, with no more than 30 case reports so far (Chadha et al. (1993, 2006)). In this report, we present a patient who underwent successful surgical excision of a third arm attached to the back in the midline over the low-dorsal region. Differential diagnoses including teratoma and fetus in fetu are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-32f6f2a3dfab4cc39ca60fa5c5a015d42025-08-20T03:55:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112012-01-01201210.1155/2012/831649831649A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal DysraphismAynur Solak0Sonnaz Ergün1İpek Polat2Neslın Şahin3Berhan Genç4Radiology Department, Sifa University, Izmir, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Sifa University, Izmir, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, TurkeyRadiology Department, Sifa University, Izmir, TurkeyRadiology Department, Sifa University, Izmir, TurkeyAn ectopic or accessory limb attached to the back is an extremely rare and strange condition, and there are only a few documented cases in the worldwide literature. The first case was described by Jones and Larkin (1889). There are several theories regarding the origin of this condition. Asymmetric conjoined twinning which is located dorsally in the vertebral column (rachipagus) is the most probable diagnosis of our patient. Conjoined twinning is very rare and the incidence is 1 per 50 000 live births. Rachipagus is even rarer, with no more than 30 case reports so far (Chadha et al. (1993, 2006)). In this report, we present a patient who underwent successful surgical excision of a third arm attached to the back in the midline over the low-dorsal region. Differential diagnoses including teratoma and fetus in fetu are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/831649 |
| spellingShingle | Aynur Solak Sonnaz Ergün İpek Polat Neslın Şahin Berhan Genç A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal Dysraphism Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal Dysraphism |
| title_full | A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal Dysraphism |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal Dysraphism |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal Dysraphism |
| title_short | A Rare Form of Heteropagus Twinning: Three-Armed Infant with Spinal Dysraphism |
| title_sort | rare form of heteropagus twinning three armed infant with spinal dysraphism |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/831649 |
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