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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1976;19(11):886-889. Published online November 30, 1976.

A Case of Parasitic Epignathus

Sung Whan Moon¹, Yeo Sook Koh¹, Chan Yung Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Busan National University

Abstract

Authors had ovserved a case of epignathus which was asymmetric conjoined twin with bizarre parasite attached to left maxilla of autosite,aged 2 days,at Department o£ Pediatrics, Busan National University Hospital. On the 2nd admission day, parasitic epignathus was removed surgically, which was composed of one leg with a well developed nail(5X2Xlcm), one arm(3X2X lcm), rudimentary pelvis(8X6.8X lcm) and unclassified brain like sac resembled hematoma(8.5 X 5.2 X 2cm). On 15th admission day, patient was able to feed whole milk successfully without dyspneic difficulty and became to gain weight normally.

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