Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in identical twins

• Published in: Pediatric surgery international Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 512 - 514
• Main Authors: TAZUKE, Yuko, KAWAHARA, Hisayoshi, SOH, Hideki, YONEDA, Akihiro, YAGI, Makoto, IMURA, Kenji, SUMI, Kiyoaki, NOBUNAGA, Miho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 2000; Berlin Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cesarean Section; Female; Fetal Diseases - diagnosis; Gestational Age; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - diagnosis; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - diagnostic imaging; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - surgery; Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases - diagnosis; Infant, Premature; Medical sciences; Pneumology; Pre-Eclampsia - complications; Pregnancy; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the respiratory system; Treatment Outcome; Twins, Monozygotic; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; Sonography; Human; Congenital; Respiratory disease; Case study; Hernia; Prenatal; Newborn diseases; Newborn; Treatment; Respiratory muscle; Malformation; Surgery; Echography; Female; Diagnosis; Diaphragm; Monozygotic twin
• ISSN: 0179-0358; 1437-9813
• DOI: 10.1007/s003839900324

The authors present a pair of identical twins with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) diagnosed prenatally, who underwent successful surgical repair. They were diagnosed as having CDH at 32 weeks' gestation and showed respiratory distress soon after cesarean section at 33 weeks' gestation. Both survived after scheduled perinatal management followed by surgery, for which the prenatal diagnosis of CDH was valuable.