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Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive

An acardiac twin is rare and the diagnosis is commonly achieved from antenatal ultrasound (US) scans. However there have been cases where the appearances of the acardiac twin can be confusing and mimics a mass or tumour, for example, a teratoma. We experienced a case where the findings were unclear...

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Main Authors: Abd. Aziz, Azian, R, Anna Liza
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Associations 2011
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RG Gynecology and obstetrics
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spelling my.iium.irep.217582013-04-27T08:34:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/21758/ Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive Abd. Aziz, Azian R, Anna Liza RG Gynecology and obstetrics An acardiac twin is rare and the diagnosis is commonly achieved from antenatal ultrasound (US) scans. However there have been cases where the appearances of the acardiac twin can be confusing and mimics a mass or tumour, for example, a teratoma. We experienced a case where the findings were unclear from the antenatal ultrasound scans and we had to resort to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), where we finally made the correct diagnosis based on the identification of two umbilical cords, supplying the normal fetus and the ‘mass’ (acardiac twin)respectively. Malaysian Medical Associations 2011-12 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/21758/1/Acardius_Amorphus.pdf Abd. Aziz, Azian and R, Anna Liza (2011) Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 66 (5). pp. 510-512. ISSN 0300-5283
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic RG Gynecology and obstetrics
spellingShingle RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Abd. Aziz, Azian
R, Anna Liza
Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive
description An acardiac twin is rare and the diagnosis is commonly achieved from antenatal ultrasound (US) scans. However there have been cases where the appearances of the acardiac twin can be confusing and mimics a mass or tumour, for example, a teratoma. We experienced a case where the findings were unclear from the antenatal ultrasound scans and we had to resort to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), where we finally made the correct diagnosis based on the identification of two umbilical cords, supplying the normal fetus and the ‘mass’ (acardiac twin)respectively.
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author Abd. Aziz, Azian
R, Anna Liza
author_facet Abd. Aziz, Azian
R, Anna Liza
author_sort Abd. Aziz, Azian
title Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive
title_short Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive
title_full Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive
title_fullStr Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive
title_full_unstemmed Acardius Amorphus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be helpful in the Diagnosis when Ultrasound (US) is Inconclusive
title_sort acardius amorphus: magnetic resonance imaging (mri) can be helpful in the diagnosis when ultrasound (us) is inconclusive
publisher Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/21758/1/Acardius_Amorphus.pdf
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