Caudal regression syndrome and sirenomelia in only one twin in two diabetic pregnancies

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-153

  Assimakopoulos, E ^a,b   Athanasiadis, A ^a   Zafrakas, M ^a   Dragoumis, K ^a   Bontis, J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caudal Regression Syndrome; Diabetes; Dizygotic pregnancy; Sirenomelia

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; SIRENOMELIA; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECTROMELIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 3042644850     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Nicolaides K.H., Sebire N.J., Snijders R.J.M.: "Diagnosis of fetal abnormalities at the 11-14-week scan - Skeletal defects - Caudal regression syndrome". In: Nicolaides K.H. (ed.). The 11-14-Week Scan - The Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormalities, New York, Parthenon Publishing Group, 1999, 142.
2. Twickler D., Budorick N., Pretorius D., Grafe M., Currarino G:: "Caudal regression versus sirenomelia: Sonographic clues". J. Ultrasound Med., 1993, 12, 323.
3. th ed.), Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2000, 364.
4. Subtil D., Cosson M., Houfflin V., Vaast P., Valat A., Puech F.: "Early detection of Caudal Regression Syndrome: Specific interest and findings in three cases". Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol., 1998, 80, 109.
5. Stocker J.T., Heifetz S.A.: "Sirenomelia. A morphological study in 33 cases and review of the literature". Perspect. Pediatr. Pathol., 1987, 10, 7.
6. Di Lorenzo M., Brandt M.L., Veilleux A.: "Sirenomelia in an identical twin: A case report". J. Pediatr. Surg., 1991, 26 (11), 1334.
7. Davies J., Chazen E., Nance W.E.: "Symmelia in one of monozygotic twins". Teratology, 1971, 4, 367.
8. Zaw W., Stone D.G.: "Caudal Regression Syndrome in Twin Pregnancy with type II Diabetes". J. Perinatol., 2002, 22, 171.
9. Reece E.A., Pinter E., Leranth C.Z., Garcia-Segura M., Sanyal M.K., Hobbins J.C. et al.: "Ultrastructural analysis of malformations of the embryonal neural axis induced by in vitro hyperglycemic conditions". Teratology, 1985, 32, 363.
10. Reece E.A., Homko C.J.: "Why do diabetic women deliver malformed infants?". Clin. Obstet. Gynecol., 2000, 43, 32.
11. Jacobs, H.C., Bogue C.W., Pinter E., Wilson C.M., Warshaw J.B., Gross I.: "Fetal lung mRNA levels of Hox genes are differentially altered by maternal diabetes and butyrate in rats". Pediatr. Res., 1998, 44, 99.
12. Ross A.J., Ruiz-Perez V., Wang Y., Hagan D.M., Scherer S., Lynch S.A. et al.: "A homebox gene HLXB9, is the major locus for dominantly inherited sacral agenesis". Nat. Genet., 1998, 20, 358.
13. Horster M.F., Braun G.S., Huber S.M.: "Embryonic renal epithelía: induction, nephrogenesis, and cell differentiation". Physiol. Rev., 1999, 79,(4) 1157.