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SAGE Publications, Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, 5(14), p. 411-417, 2011

DOI: 10.2350/10-09-0916-cr.1

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An Acardiac Twin with Advanced Brain Development and a Minor Form of Holoprosencephaly and Intracerebral Retina-like Pigmented Tissue: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Abstract

The development of an acardiac twin in a monochorionic multiple pregnancy is a rare and severe complication of abnormal placental vascular anastomoses. These malformed fetuses present with a very bizarre morphology and a plethora of different malformations. However, all acardiac twins show either a complete absence or an anlage of the heart. Cerebral development is usually poor. We report, according to our review of the literature, for the first time, a very unusual case of acardius with features of acardius amorphus and acormus (fused head and malformed axial skeleton without macroscopically detectable internal organs) with lobar holoprosencephaly and intracerebral pigmented retina-like tissue.