Daniel Gregório Gonsalves, Maria Bianca Cazellato, Luca Campassi Bonini, Dario Ravazzi Ambrizzi, Helena Ribeiro Souza, Ana Paula Girol, Renato Rissi
Conjoined twins (CTs), popularly referred to as Siamese twins, are a rare anomaly due to monochorionic and monoamniotic twin pregnancies. Dicephalus dibrachius dipus, a type of parapagus conjoined twin which is characterized by possessing two arms, two legs, a single trunk and two heads, epidemiologically, is an even rarer occurrence of CTs. In this article, a rare, well-preserved anatomical specimen of a dicephalus dibrachius dipus conjoined twin is presented. This study was conducted in a specimen which is part of the collection of the Embryology Museum of the institution by donation and approved by the Research Ethics Committee (REC)...
December 14, 2023: Anatomical Science International