CRANIOPAGUS PARASITICUS: A Case Illustrating Its Relationship to Craniopagus Conjoined Twinning

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 939-944
Author(s):  
Deborah Aquino ◽  
Charles Timmons ◽  
Dennis Burns ◽  
Amy Lowichik
Keyword(s):  
Craniopagus Parasiticus

Craniopagus Parasiticus: A Case Illustrating its Relationship to Craniopagus Conjoined Twinning

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 939-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah B. Aquino ◽  
Charles Timmons ◽  
Dennis Burns ◽  
Amy Lowichik
Keyword(s):  
Craniopagus Parasiticus

scholarly journals A rare case of craniopagus parasiticus delivered vaginally at a district hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 3425
Author(s):  
Komal Kuldeepsingh Chhabra
Keyword(s):  
Rare Case ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rare Type ◽  
Nutritional Factors ◽  
Parasitic Twin ◽  
Rare Case Report ◽  
Craniopagus Parasiticus ◽  
Female Baby ◽  
Normal Twin

Craniopagus Parasiticus is a very rare type of parasitic twinning. It has an incidence of only 4-6/10,00,000 births. Most of the babies with Craniopagus Parasiticus are still born with only few cases which survived after postpartum surgical separation. In Craniopagus Parasiticus the head of one of the twins is parasitic and protrudes from the head of the normal twin with an undeveloped or underdeveloped body. The skulls of the twins are fused but the body of one of the twins is not developed. The developed twin is known as the auto site while the undeveloped twin is the parasite. Age of the mother or certain nutritional factors have been implicated in the etiology of this type of twinning. This is a rare case report of a female baby with a parasitic craniopagus delivered vaginally at this district hospital. The patient was a fourth gravida 28 year old. There was antenatal polyhydramnios. The patient delivered preterm a still born female baby with a parasitic co-twin. In this case the heads of the twins were fused in temporal and parietal areas while the body of the parasitic twin was completely undeveloped. It was a morphologically female baby with rudimentary labia. The causes of Craniopagus Parasiticus are still not known. Scientists and researchers are continuing work to determine these and also to improve the prognosis and chances of post-surgical survival of these twins. Till present day however there have been only limited number of studies on Craniopagus Parasiticus owing to the rarity of the cases.

scholarly journals An apocryphal case of craniopagus parasiticus: the legend of Edward Mordake

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 2211-2212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anand N. Bosmia ◽  
Luke B. Smelser ◽  
Christoph J. Griessenauer
Keyword(s):  
Craniopagus Parasiticus

Craniopagus parasiticus

1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 426-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bondeson ◽  
Elizabeth Allen
Keyword(s):  
Craniopagus Parasiticus

CRANIOPAGUS PARASITICUS: A Case Illustrating Its Relationship to Craniopagus Conjoined Twinning

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 939-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah B. Aquino ◽  
Charles Timmons ◽  
Dennis Burns ◽  
Amy Lowichik
Keyword(s):  
Craniopagus Parasiticus

Craniopagus parasiticus

1983 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Colin R. Rayner
Keyword(s):  
Craniopagus Parasiticus

scholarly journals Craniopagus parasiticus – a parasitic head protruding from temporal area of cranium: a case report

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wassihun Nega ◽  
Meku Damte ◽  
Yonas Girma ◽  
Getachew Desta ◽  
Mengistu Hailemariam
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Temporal Area ◽  
Craniopagus Parasiticus

Craniopagus parasiticus: a case report of a parasitic head protruding from the right side of the face

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ta-mei Wang ◽  
Bing-quan Li ◽  
Che-Li ◽  
Chen-ling Fu
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
The Face ◽  
Craniopagus Parasiticus ◽  
The Right
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