Asymmetric conjoined twins: Gnathopagus parasiticus

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Kabak Y. B., Kabak M., Özak A., Sözmen M., İnal S., Güvenç T., ...Daha Fazla

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.67, sa.4, ss.431-435, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 67 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.33988/auvfd.618897
  • Dergi Adı: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.431-435
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Asymmetric conjoined twins, autosite, gnathopagus parasiticus
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, a rare case of asymmetric conjoined twins that were connected to each other by their mandibles is described. There was an amorphous mass in between mandibles of the newborn calf Radiological examination revealed that the amorphous mass consisted of a structure similar to the mandible and skull. According to the findings, the present anomaly was an asymmetric conjoined twins connected to each other by mandibles and named as gnathopagus parasiticus. Gnathopagus parasiticus case has not been reported in the literature previously.