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Delayed Interval Delivery of Two Remaining Fetuses in Quintuplet Pregnancy After Embryo Reduction: Report and Review of the Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M.W. de Jong ,
R.A. van Lingen ,
J. Wildschut  and
J. van Eijck
M.W. de Jong*
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics, The Netherlands
R.A. van Lingen
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Sophia Hospital, Zwolle, The Netherlands
J. Wildschut
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics, The Netherlands
J. van Eijck
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics, The Netherlands
*
Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Ziekenhuis, Dr. van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Abstract

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A case report is presented with a prolonged interval between delivery of 25 days. A quintuplet pregnancy resulted from hormonal stimulation of ovulation. Two fetuses remained after an embryo reduction was performed at 11 weeks gestation. At 22.5 weeks gestation the first twin (310 g) was delivered after spontaneous rupture of membranes. Using tocolytic agents, the second twin (710 g) was born at 26 weeks of gestation. This case is discussed and a review of the literature is given.

Keywords

Embryo reductionTwin pregnancyDelayed deliveryTocolysis
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 49 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1992

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