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Acardiac anceps: a rare congenital anomaly
Aruna Nigama b✉, Rohini Agarwalc, Pikee Saxenad, Jaya Barlad
- aDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India
- bprakasharuna{at}hotmail.com
- cDepartment of Radiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
- dDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
Acardiac twin is a rare congenital anomaly and is exclusively associated with monochorionic twin pregnancies. The abnormalities occur due to abnormal communication between the two fetuses in the form of arterioarterial and venovenous communications, resulting in a grossly abnormal acardiac twin with reduction anomalies mainly of the upper body and gross oedema. Since no two acardiac twins are alike, this case report will add to the acardiac twin anomaly spectrum.