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Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

W. Malinowski  and
W. Wierzba
W. Malinowski*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kutno Hospital, Poland
W. Wierzba
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Plock Hospital, Poland
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kutno Hospital, 42 Kościuszki Street, 99-300 Kutno, Poland.

Abstract

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Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) syndrome is a rare but severe complication of monozygotic monochorionic twin pregnancies. The outcome is invariably fatal for the abnormal twins and for 50-75% of the normal co-twins. The prenatal diagnosis of the TRAP always has to be presumed in a multiple pregnancy within which a twin pair grows whenever cardiac activity can not be proved echographically. We present discuss – based upon literature research – pathogenic mechanisms, pathologic-anatomic, echographic diagnosis and management of these high-risk pregnancies.

Keywords

Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) syndromeUltrasound diagnosis

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Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 75 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1998

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