Abstract
One of the commonest defects of blastogenesis is monozygotic twinning resulting in separate or conjoint twins, the latter including a category of internal, "endoparasitic," or fetus-in-fetu twins. We report the third known instance of endoparasitic twinning associated with a benign teratoma at age 1. The host, twin, and teratoma were monozygotic by DNA analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 406-412 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | American Journal of Medical Genetics |
| Volume | 120 A |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Jul 30 2003 |
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Keywords
- Blastogenesis
- Endoparasite
- Fetus-in-fetu
- Monozygotic twinning
- Prenatal diagnosis
- Teratoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics(clinical)
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Gilbert-Barness, E., Opitz, J. M., Debich-Spicer, D., Mueller, T., Arnold, S. R., & Quintero, R. (2003). Fetus-in-fetu form of monozygotic twinning with retroperitoneal teratoma. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 120 A(3), 406-412.