The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2005 , Vol 47 , Num 2
An anencephalic monocephalus diprosopus “headed twin”: postmortem and CT findings with emphasis on the cranial bones
1Department of Radiology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul
2Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Ekinci G, Balcy S, Erzen C. An anencephalic monocephalus diprosopus “headed twin”: postmortem and CT findings with emphasis on the cranial bones. Turk J Pediatr 2005; 47: 195-198.

Monocephalus diprosopus is a form of conjoined twinning characterized by a single body, one unusual head and two faces or a spectrum of duplication of the craniofacial structures. Such cases have been mainly described according to postmortem pathologic examination.

This presented case is a 26-week-stillborn female fetus, with unusual facial appearance with four eyes, two mouths, two noses, two ears and a defective cranial vault. To our knowledge, a detailed computerized tomography (CT) examination of the aberrant facial and cranial bones of such a case has not been reported to date. In this reported case, we present an anencephalic monocephalus diprosopus “headed twin”, and describe the CT findings with emphasis on the cranial bones. Keywords : headed twin, monocephalus diprosopus, cranial computerized tomography CT, anencephaly, double tongue, dextrocardia, diaphragmal agenesis

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