Abstract
Conjoined twins or Siamese twins are identical twins whose bodies are joined in the
uterus. Craniopagus is a condition in which the heads of the two twins are joined.
Craniopagus parasiticus is a rare condition in which one of the twins is rudimentary
in form and parasitic on the other. Few cases of craniopagus parasiticus are reported
in literature; here, we present one such rare occurrence.
Keywords
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to Journal of Clinical NeuroscienceAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
References
- Successful separation of craniopagus parasiticus.Neurosurgery. 2006; 59: E1150
- Scintigraphic evaluation of craniopagus twins.Br J Radiol. 1998; 71: 1096-1099
- Theoretical and analytical embryology of conjoined twins: part 1: embryogenesis.Clin Anat. 2000; 13: 36-53
- Craniopagus parasiticus. Everard home’s two-headed boy of Bengal and some other cases.Surg Neurol. 1989; 31: 426-434
Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
January 31,
2010
Received:
January 12,
2010
Identification
Copyright
© 2010 Elsevier Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
