TRAP SEQUENCE: CASE REPORT

TOPUZ S., Kartal A., Iyibozkurt A. C., Kalelioglu B., Akhan S. E., HAS R., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.69, sa.2, ss.52-54, 2006 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 69 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.52-54
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: TRAP sequence, acardiac fetus
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

TRAP sequence is a syndrome, seen in monochorionic twin pregnancies with poor prognosis and with a 1/100 incidence. It is characterized with a recipient fetus exhibiting lethal anomalies including acardia and a pump fetus supplying blood by vascular communications in the placenta. While pump twin is anatomically normal, in recipient twin who is supplied with hypoxic blood, the development is restricted with the lower part of the body. Mortality of acardiac twin is inevitable. Pump twin has the mortality rate of 50% and death is usually due to heart failure or premature labor caused by polihydramnios. Here, a TRAP sequence case with 21 weeks' of gestation diagnosed in antenatal period and terminated with the demand of the family is presented. Clinical presentation and therapeutic options were discussed in this case report.