Recurrence of parasite in epigastric heteropagus

Epigastric heteropagus (EH) refers to asymmetrically conjoined twins in whom an incomplete parasite is attached to the autosite's epigastric region from the xiphisternum to the umbilicus. We herein report an extremely rare case of EH in which unexpected rapid recurrence occurred 22 months after...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Shirai, Yoshinori Hamada, Tatsuma Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Hamada, Kengo Hattori, Yusuke Nakamura, Masanori Kon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576617301768