Unusual case of caudal duplication (dipygus)

J Clin Ultrasound. 1998 Mar-Apr;26(3):163-5. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199803/04)26:3<163::aid-jcu10>3.0.co;2-c.

Abstract

We report the case of a dipygus diagnosed by sonography in the second trimester that had 6 lower extremities, double external male genitalia, a megabladder, 3 dilated ureters, and a polycystic right and a pelvic left kidney. This complex malformation represents a rare type of caudal duplication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Fetus / abnormalities*
  • Genitalia, Male / abnormalities
  • Genitalia, Male / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Kidney / abnormalities
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Leg / abnormalities
  • Leg / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Twins, Conjoined / embryology*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*
  • Ureter / abnormalities
  • Ureter / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Bladder / abnormalities
  • Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging