Twin pregnancy complicated with congenital Hemivertebra: report of two cases and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hemivertebra deformity, involving one or multiple vertebral bodies, is one of the important causes of congenital scoliosis. Congenital fetal hemivertebrae could be diagnosed by ultrasonography and confirmed by fetal magnetic resonance imaging during pregnancy. However, reports of hemivertebrae in twins during the perinatal period are very rare.

Case presentation

We report two cases of congenital fetal hemivertebrae, each affecting one fetus in a dichorionic diamniotic (DCDA) twin pregnancy. We have also conducted a literature review of its prenatal screening, diagnosis, management, and outcomes. These two cases of congenital fetal hemivertebrae in one fetus of a DCDA twin were both initially found by ultrasonography and confirmed by fetal magnetic resonance imagin

SUBMITTER: Xu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7441669 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature