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Twin-to-twin Transfusion Syndrome Type III - Case Report of an Intrauterine Death in Monochorionic Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

I. Biskup  and
W. Malinowski
I. Biskup*
Affiliation:
Dept of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, A.ö. Bezirks Hospital, Kufstein, Austria
W. Malinowski
Affiliation:
The Kutno Hospital, Kutno, Poland
*
Postfach 73, D-83085 Kiefersfelden, Germany

Abstract

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The acute form of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome is caused by rapid transfer of blood from one of the twins to another via placental anastomoses. Usually, this only occurs during the second stage of labour as a result of a sudden relative rise of blood pressure in one of the fetal circulations. This can result in the sudden intrauterine death of a fetus (or both, as in our case). Currently, there is no reliable means of identifying such an at-risk pregnancy by means of ultrasound antenatally. We would classify this as TTTS Type III.

Keywords

Twin pregnancyChorionicityTransfusion syndromeMonochorionic twins
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 53 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1995

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