Volume 19, Issue 4, March 2017, Pages 738–740
Mohammed Bhihi1, Najia ZERAIDI2, Clementine UWIZEYEMARIYA3, Imane ELKARI4, Mountasser ELBOUZIDI5, Jamal ELAZZAOUI6, Abdelaziz BAIDADA7, and Aicha Kharbach8
1 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
4 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
5 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
6 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
7 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
8 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
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The fetus acardiac headless is a rare anomaly characteristic of twin monochromic pregnancies. Its frequency is 1/35000 births. Its evolution is constantly lethal for the affected fetus. The healthy fetus is exposed to a high risk of death in utero or complications. Among the different pathophysiological theories proposed, only the vascular theory is retained. Arterio - arterial and venous anastomoses are the source of vascularization against the current TRAP syndrome (Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion disorder) of the abnormal fetus which receives the desaturated blood of oxygen and low in nutrients from healthy fetus.
Author Keywords: acardiac headless, twin, fetus.
Mohammed Bhihi1, Najia ZERAIDI2, Clementine UWIZEYEMARIYA3, Imane ELKARI4, Mountasser ELBOUZIDI5, Jamal ELAZZAOUI6, Abdelaziz BAIDADA7, and Aicha Kharbach8
1 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
4 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
5 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
6 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
7 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
8 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Souissi Maternity, Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The fetus acardiac headless is a rare anomaly characteristic of twin monochromic pregnancies. Its frequency is 1/35000 births. Its evolution is constantly lethal for the affected fetus. The healthy fetus is exposed to a high risk of death in utero or complications. Among the different pathophysiological theories proposed, only the vascular theory is retained. Arterio - arterial and venous anastomoses are the source of vascularization against the current TRAP syndrome (Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion disorder) of the abnormal fetus which receives the desaturated blood of oxygen and low in nutrients from healthy fetus.
Author Keywords: acardiac headless, twin, fetus.
How to Cite this Article
Mohammed Bhihi, Najia ZERAIDI, Clementine UWIZEYEMARIYA, Imane ELKARI, Mountasser ELBOUZIDI, Jamal ELAZZAOUI, Abdelaziz BAIDADA, and Aicha Kharbach, “ACARDIAC HEADLESS TWIN: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 738–740, March 2017.
