IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 43 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog2139.2016

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Case Report
Acardiac twin pregnancy: successful intrauterine ablative treatment with alcohol at 14 weeks of gestation
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1 Acibadem University School of Medicine, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul
2 Memorial Ankara Hospital, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara
3 Acibadem Kadikoy Hospital, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul (Turkey)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2016, 43(3), 460–462; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog2139.2016
Published: 10 June 2016
Abstract

Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence is a serious condition of monochorionic twin pregnancy, occurring in approximately one in 35,000 cases. First trimester treatment of TRAP sequence is controversial with higher incidence of procedure related complications. Present case demonstrates a TRAP sequence that was managed by intrauterine treatment with one ml 100% pure alcohol injection into the abdominal part of the umbilical artery and obliteration of the acardiac twin at 14 weeks of gestation. Antenatal follow-up was uneventful and elective cesarean section was performed at 39 weeks’ gestation. Postnatal outcome of the pump twin was excellentat 30 months after birth. Early second trimester elective ablation by alcohol injection can be an inexpensive, alternative, and reasonable minimal invasive treatment option to prevent fetal loss of pump twin before mid and late second trimester in perinatology centers where intrafetal cord occlusive methods are not available.
Keywords
Acardiac twin
Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence
Monochorionic pregnancy
Intrafetal therapy
Elective reduction
Alcohol
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