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Conjoined twins with mirror-image cleft lip and palate: Case report in Brazil
Fecha
2008Registro en:
CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL, v.45, n.3, p.315-318, 2008
1545-1569
10.1597/07-011.1
Autor
Dalben, Gisele da Silva
SOUZA, Mireile Sao Geraldo dos Santos
CASTRO, Carlos Henrique Bettoni Cruz de
GONCALVES, Marcio
SANTOS, Cassio Roberto Rocha dos
CONSOLARO, Alberto
Institución
Resumen
The observation of mirror-image clefts in conjoined twins may suggest an influence from environmental factors (e.g., poor blood supply) on the appearance of clefts. The present paper reports on a pair of male thoracopagus twins born to a 20-year-old woman. The twins were stillborn. Both twins exhibited complete unilateral cleft lip and palate with mirror-image configuration, affecting the left side for twin A and the right side for twin B. The twins also shared some organs. The case is discussed with similar information in the literature, with reference to possible related etiologic factors. Reporting on such occurrences throughout the world is important to shed light on important aspects underlying the formation of clefts.