Epigastric heteropagus associated with an omphalocele and double outlet right ventricle

• Main Authors: Tatsuma Sakaguchi, Yoshinori Hamada, Yusuke Nakamura, Yuki Hashimoto, Hiroshi Hamada, A-Hon Kwon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
• Series: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
• Subjects: Epigastric heteropagus; Omphalocele; Double outlet right ventricle
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576615001189

Incomplete or asymmetrical conjoined twins are extremely rare congenital anomalies. We report a case of epigastric heteropagus associated with an omphalocele and double outlet right ventricle. The cystic legion of the epigastrium was detected in our patient by an ultrasound scan at 28 weeks' gestation. He was born at 37 weeks' gestation by scheduled caesarean section. A parasite with an incomplete head and lower limb was attached to the epigastrium of the autosite. Surgical separation of the parasite and silo placement for an omphalocele was successfully performed on the 4th day of life. He underwent secondary surgical closure of the omphalocele on the 10th day. For treatment of the cardiac anomaly, he underwent an operation of Blalock–Taussig shunt because of pulmonary artery stenosis at the age of 3 months and correction of double outlet right ventricle at the age of 10 months. At the 20-month follow-up, he was alive and showed a normal growth pattern.