Case Report: The Medical and Surgical Management of an Infant With Extreme Prematurity and Fetus-In-Fetu.
Fetus-in-fetu
congenital - diagnosis
etiology
fetal
prematurity
surgery
Journal
Frontiers in surgery
ISSN: 2296-875X
Titre abrégé: Front Surg
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101645127
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
17
01
2022
accepted:
31
01
2022
entrez:
21
3
2022
pubmed:
22
3
2022
medline:
22
3
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly where a parasitic twin is within the body of a host twin. FIF is reported to occur in 1:500,000 live births. Herein, we report the first case of the medical and surgical treatment of a FIF patient who was born with extreme prematurity at 25-weeks gestation. With the multi-disciplinary coordination of neonatology, surgery, and interventional radiology, the patient was able to achieve a window of medical stability 4 weeks after birth. A decision was made at that time to proceed with an intra-abdominal and perineal resection of the FIF. The FIF was successfully resected and the patient was able to recover from the operation, with eventual discharge from the NICU. In conclusion, extreme prematurity and FIF may be amenable to surgical resection and a multi-disciplinary approach is crucial to achieve the desired outcome.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35310432
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.856837
pmc: PMC8931197
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
856837Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Sun, Cheng, Shah, Lohmann, Cortes-Santiago, Ketwaroo, Keswani, King and Lee.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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