Case report: Epigastric heteropagus twins and literature review

• Main Authors: Wenbin Zhu (Author), Xiongjian Cui (Author), Zhaohan Wu (Author), Zhaolin Li (Author), Gang Chen (Author), Suixin Liang (Author), Jianxiong Mao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epigastric heteropagus twins are an extremely rare congenital anomaly of conjoined twins. We present a case of epigastric heteropagus twins who were diagnosed via prenatal ultrasound imaging: the fetus (or host) was connected to the abdominal wall of the parasite (the dependent portion), and an omph...