Acardiac Twin: A Rare Case Report

Srivastava, Nimisha; Bhatia, Tulsi; Narshetty, Jayshree

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10016-1138

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Despite advances in diagnostic modalities and prenatal care, many times the complications associated with multi-fetal pregnancies may remain undiagnosed. Complications are more with mono-chorionic twin gestations due to placental sharing [7] . The TRAP sequence, also known as acardiac twinning, is a malformation that occurs only in mono-chorionic pregnancies, with a frequency of about 1 per 35000 deliveries [8][9][10] , though nowadays; the incidence appears to be higher, almost 2.6 percent of mono-chorionic twin pregnancies and 1 in 9500 to 11000 pregnancies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Case report-fetal major anomaly-human cyclops fetus acardia

Patwa,

Anand

2024

Int. J. Clin. Obstet. Gynaecol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Twin Reverse Arterial Perfusion Sequence (TRAP), refers to a rare, unique complication of monochorionic twin pregnancy in which a twin with an absent or a nonfunctioning heart (acardiac twin) is perfused by its co-twin (pump twin) via placental arterial anastomoses. The acardiac twin usually has a poorly developed heart, upper body and head. The pump twin is at risk of heart failure and problems related to preterm birth. Early diagnosis of acardiac twin by ultrasonography and color Doppler is essential for timely management and preventing complications like preterm delivery, cardiac failure and intrauterine fetal death of 'pumpco-twin'. This case report presents an antenatally diagnosed mono-chorionic twin pregnancy, resulting in preterm delivery of a healthy, normal twin along with an acardiac co-twin.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Case report-fetal major anomaly-human cyclops fetus acardia

Patwa,

Anand

2024

Int. J. Clin. Obstet. Gynaecol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Complications are more with mono-chorionic twin gestations due to placental sharing. 7 The TRAP sequence, also known as acardiac twinning, is a malformation that occurs only in mono-chorionic pregnancies, with a frequency of about 1 per 35000 deliveries, [8][9][10] though nowadays; the incidence appears to be much higher, almost 2.6 percent of mono-chorionic twin pregnancies and 1 in 9500 to 11000 pregnancies. 4 These extremely malformed fetuses have no heart at all (holoacardia) or only rudimentary cardiac tissue (pseudoacardia) in association with multiple other developmental abnormalities.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acardiac Twin: A Rare Case Report

Saleh¹

2017

MOJWH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAP), refers to a rare, unique complication of mono-chorionic twin pregnancy in which a twin with an absent or a nonfunctioning heart (acardiac twin) is perfused by its co-twin (pump twin) via placental arterial anastomoses. The acardiac twin usually has a poorly developed heart, upper body and head. The pump twin is at risk of heart failure and problems related to preterm birth. This case report presents an antenatally diagnosed mono-chorionic twin pregnancy, resulting in preterm delivery of a healthy, normal twin along with an acardiac co-twin.

show abstract

Anophthalmic Cyclopia with Proboscis, Acardia, Amelia, Sirenomelia – Case Report

Koshy

Bini

Shastri³

et al. 2021

Journal of the Anatomical Society of India

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

True or primary anophthalmic cyclopia is an extremely rare and severe malformation of eye. It is the apparent absence of eyeball in a median orbit and it results from failure of the optic vesicle (optic primordial) to form from the cerebral or prosencephalic vesicles. Proboscis is a skin-covered median tubular appendage above the anophthalmic median orbit. It results from the defective development of the olfactory placodes. Sirenomelia, or mermaid syndrome, is a rare abnormality characterized by complete or incomplete fusion of lower limbs. Acardiacus is a fatal complication of monozygotic twin pregnancy. The acardiacus maintains its circulation through the heart of its normal twin reversed arterial perfusion mate. This manuscript reports on a severely malformed monozygotic stillborn twin with anophthalmic cyclopia, proboscis, acardia, absence of upper limb, sirenomelia, and aprosencephaly; agenesis of diaphragm, respiratory system, genitourinary system, lymphatic system, endocrine system, and external genitalia; and intestinal atresia, liver atresia, vascular atresia, hypoplastic skeletal system, and muscular system. In general, in all these fetal abnormalities, there are various degrees of malformation causing group of groups of anomalies. Probable cause of these anomalies is discussed.

show abstract

Acardiac Twin: A Rare Case Report

Cited by 3 publications

References 2 publications

Case report-fetal major anomaly-human cyclops fetus acardia

Case report-fetal major anomaly-human cyclops fetus acardia

Acardiac Twin: A Rare Case Report

Anophthalmic Cyclopia with Proboscis, Acardia, Amelia, Sirenomelia – Case Report

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About