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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica Volume 64, 1985 - Issue 1
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An acardiac acephalic anomaly detected on sonography

S. Wexler Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology “B”, Serlin Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Municipal-Governmental Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Laboratory of Teratology, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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A. Baruch Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology “B”, Serlin Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Municipal-Governmental Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Laboratory of Teratology, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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N. Ekshtein Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology “B”, Serlin Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Municipal-Governmental Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Laboratory of Teratology, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Y. Libal Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology “B”, Serlin Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Municipal-Governmental Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Laboratory of Teratology, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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G. Yedwab Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology “B”, Serlin Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Municipal-Governmental Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Laboratory of Teratology, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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A. Ornoy Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology “B”, Serlin Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Municipal-Governmental Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Laboratory of Teratology, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Pages 93-94 | Received 19 Aug 1983, Accepted 04 Oct 1983, Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

A rare anomaly of acardiac fetus is presented in which the diagnosis was made by ultrasonography, in the 20th week of pregnancy. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of such a phenomenon in the literature.

This anomaly is said to have an incidence of one in 34 600 births (1) and is possible only in multiple pregnancies, mostly in twins (4). This is the eleventh reported case in a triplet pregnancy.

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