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Chapter 11 - Dichorionic Twin Pregnancy

from Section 1 - Obstetric Aspects of Antenatal Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Noor Amily ,
Amira El-Messidi  and
Karen Fung-Kee-Fung
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

A healthy 35-year-old secundigravida with a history of an uncomplicated Cesarean delivery performed four years ago for fetal malpresentation at term is referred by her primary care provider to your general obstetrics clinic at 11+5 weeks’ gestation by menstrual age. The physician provided you with a sonographic dating report confirming a viable intrauterine dichorionic diamniotic twin gestation with a crown–rump length (CRL) of twin A and B at 47 mm and 44 mm, respectively. The patient does not have any obstetric complaints and has been taking routine prenatal vitamins for the past four months. Her social and family histories are unremarkable.

Keywords

Spontaneous dichorionic twin pregnancy, sonographic datingChorionicityZygosity, physiologyMaternal-fetal-neonatal adverse outcomesSelective termination, discordant fetal anomalyNoninvasive prenatal screeningDiagnostic amniocentesis, twin pregnancyAntenatal, intrapartum careDelayed interval deliverySelective fetal growth restrictionDiscordant anomaly, selective fetocide
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 141 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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