No abstract available.
Humans ; Twins, Monozygotic*

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Arthrogryposis* ; Humans ; Twins, Monozygotic*

Acardic twining is a rare congenital anomaly, usually in monozygotic twins. This condition is characterized by the absence or rudimentary development of fetal hear, and associated with various anomaly(especially with anecephalus). The acardiac malformations are uniformly fatal in the affected twin, and mortality in the co-twin is as high as 55%. We recently experienced a case of acardius acephalus associated with a normal term male infant, so present with a brief review of the literature.
Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Mortality ; Twins* ; Twins, Monozygotic

No abstract available.
Down Syndrome* ; Humans ; Twins, Monozygotic*

No abstract available.
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* ; Humans ; Twins, Monozygotic*

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Gaucher Disease* ; Humans ; Twins, Monozygotic*

Fetus-in-fetu is a very rare condition in which a malformed monozygotic twin lies within the body of its fellow, usually in the retroperitoneal cavity. Today it is generally accepted that the distinction between fetus-in-fetu and teratoma is largely determined by whether an axial skeleton system is present. We experienced a 6 months female infant who was admitted to our unit because of incidental abdominal mass. a plain abdominal X-ray showed that the mass contained completely formed fetal skeletal system. It was removed by surgery. By pathologic and radiologic study of mass, We confirmed as a fetus-in-fetu. We report the case with brief review of related literatures.
Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Skeleton ; Teratoma ; Twins, Monozygotic

We have experienced a rare case of bilateral retinoblastoma in identical twins recently. Their mother noticed that elder sister gazed upward when she fixated some object 5 days ago. On visiting here, we could find out retinoblastoma in both eyes by ophthalmoscopic examination, and younger sister had same fundus. Therefore we enucleated both eye balls of elder sister because of aggrevation of retinoblastoma. Retinoblastoma was confirmed pa thologically. We have been following up periodically younger sister.
Humans ; Mothers ; Retinoblastoma* ; Siblings ; Twins, Monozygotic*

No abstract available.
Anisometropia* ; Humans ; Myasthenia Gravis* ; Twins, Monozygotic*

Intracranial aneurysms are usually regarded as congenital in origin but their etiology is unknown. The occurrence of familial aggregation of intracranial aneurysm is rare but well documented, and suggests a hereditary basis for some intracranial aneurysms. We experienced two cases of intracranial aneurysm in monozygotic twin brothers and reviewed literatures.
Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm* ; Siblings ; Twins, Monozygotic*