TY - JOUR
T1 - Fetus-in-fetu form of monozygotic twinning with retroperitoneal teratoma
AU - Gilbert-Barness, Enid
AU - Opitz, John M.
AU - Debich-Spicer, Diane
AU - Mueller, Thomas
AU - Arnold, Sonya R.
AU - Quintero, Reuben
PY - 2003/7/30
Y1 - 2003/7/30
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Blastogenesis
KW - Endoparasite
KW - Fetus-in-fetu
KW - Monozygotic twinning
KW - Prenatal diagnosis
KW - Teratoma
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U2 - 10.1002/ajmg.a.10153
DO - 10.1002/ajmg.a.10153
M3 - Article
C2 - 12838564
AN - SCOPUS:0042324057
VL - 120 A
SP - 406
EP - 412
JO - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
JF - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
SN - 1552-4825
IS - 3
ER -