All issues > Volume 33(11); 1990

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1990;33(11):1562-1566. Published online November 30, 1990.

A Case of Conjoined Twins.

Hyun Joo Choi¹, Eun Sil Kim¹, In Sang Jeon¹, Myung Chul Cho¹, Kwang Jeon Kim¹, Nae In Lim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chung Gu Sung Sim Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology, Chung Gu Sung Sim Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received: June 29, 1990;  Accepted: September 4, 1990.

Abstract

Conjoined twins is known to be very rare and to have various anatomical unions. We have experienced a case of conjoined twins which was delivered by elective Caesarian section. A case of thoracoventropagus conjoined twins is presented with brief review of literature.

Keywords :Conjoined twins, Thoracoventropagus