Case Report: The Medical and Surgical Management of an Infant With Extreme Prematurity and Fetus-In-Fetu

Case Report: The Medical and Surgical Management of an Infant With Extreme Prematurity and Fetus-In-Fetu

Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly where a parasitic twin is within the body of a host twin. FIF is reported to occur in 1:500,000 live births. Herein, we report the first case of the medical and surgical treatment of a FIF patient who was born with extreme prematurity at 25-weeks gest...

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Main Authors: Raphael C. Sun, Lily S. Cheng, Rita H. Shah, Pablo Lohmann, Nahir Cortes-Santiago, Pamela D. Ketwaroo, Sundeep G. Keswani, Alice King, Timothy C. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
fetal
Fetus-in-fetu
surgery
prematurity
congenital - diagnosis
etiology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.856837/full

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