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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
IMPORTANCE OF ANGIOGRAPHIC STUDY IN PREOPERATIVE PLANNING OF CONJOINED TWINS: CASE REPORT
Francisco Cesar Carnevalea, Marcus Vinicius Borgesa, Breno Boueri Affonsoa, Ricardo Augusto de Paula Pintoa, Uenis Tannurib, João Gilberto Maksoudb
a Department of Radiology, Children's Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School - São Paulo/SP, Brazil
b Pediatrics Surgery Division, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School - São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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They were joined below the xiphoid process at an angle of approximately 90 degrees&#46; The twins shared a single pelvis&#44; and each child exhibited a normal anterior lower limb and a conjugated posterior lower one&#46; One of the twins was visibly bigger than the other&#46;</p><p id="para80" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The preoperative radiological evaluation showed the following&#58;</p><p id="para90" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A &#8211; Bone structure &#8211; plain radiography and helical CT scan&#58;</p><p id="para100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Completely separated vertebral columns and sacra&#44; without visible alterations&#46; The region anterior to the pelvic bones formed a single ring&#44; with a normal pubic symphysis and 2 acetabula articulating the normal lower limbs&#46; In the posterior region of the pelvis&#44; the iliac bones articulated an atrophied limb with a single femur and tibia and a bifid foot&#46;</p><p id="para110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">B &#8211; Cardiovascular system &#8211; plain radiography&#44; echocardiogram and helical CT&#58;</p><p id="para120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The larger child presented the heart directed towards the left and the aortic arch coursing to the right&#44; with an existing inferior vena cava &#40;IVC&#41; and agenesis of the superior vena cava &#40;SVC&#41;&#46;</p><p id="para130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The smaller child exhibited the heart directed to the right and the aortic arch turned to the left with IVC agenesis&#46;</p><p id="para140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">C &#8211; Urogenital system &#8211; Intravenous Pyelogram and helical CT&#58;</p><p id="para150" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The bigger child presented 2 kidneys &#40;1 of them with ureteral duplicity and 1 of these ureters draining into the bladder of her sister&#41;&#44; a bladder&#44; and urethra&#46; The smaller twin had only 1 kidney and 2 ureters &#40;with 1 of them draining into the sister&#39;s bladder&#41;&#44; a bladder and urethra&#46; Each infant presented independent vaginal vestibule&#44; vagina&#44; and uterus&#46;</p><p id="para160" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">D- Gastrointestinal system &#8211; contrasted radiological study of the digestive tract &#40;esophagus&#44; stomach&#44; duodenum&#44; small bowel and colon&#41;&#58;</p><p id="para170" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Each twin presented a separate stomach&#44; duodenum&#44; and small bowel&#44; sharing&#44; however&#44; 1 single colon and rectum&#46; The smaller twin presented an imperforate anal canal&#46;</p><p id="para180" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">E- Liver and spleen &#8211; abdomen ultrasonography &#40;US&#41; and helical CT&#58;</p><p id="para190" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presence of a fusioned liver with 2 complete and independent hila and 2 gallbladders&#46;</p><p id="para200" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the bigger twin&#44; the parenchyma drainage was carried out through the hepatic veins to its own IVC&#44; while in the smaller infant&#44; the parenchyma drainage was accomplished by means of venous stems into her sister&#39;s IVC&#44; since she did not present an IVC of her own&#46; There was only 1 spleen&#44; and it belonged to the smaller twin&#46;</p><p id="para210" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Since the hepatic venous draining of the smaller child coursed into the IVC of the bigger twin&#44; their separating operation was contraindicated&#46;</p><p id="para220" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Subsequently&#44; angiographic study was performed under general anesthesia&#44; after the parents had signed an informed consent&#46; The procedure was carried out in the angiography suite through catheterization of the right internal jugular vein and left femoral vein of the smaller infant and through the femoral arteries of both children employing a JB1 catheter &#40;Cordis&#174;&#44; Johnson and Johnson&#174;&#41; and hydrophilic guide wire &#40;Terumo 0&#46;032&#34;&#44; Boston Scientific&#174;&#41;&#46; Celiac and mesenteric angiographic study &#40;arterial and venous return phase&#41; demonstrated a normal hepatic arterial supply for the smaller twin &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#fig1">Figures 1&#44; 2</a>&#41;&#46; The study confirmed agenesis of the IVC in the smaller twin&#44; but it also showed in this child that the hepatic parenchyma drained into her own right atrium through small hepatic veins&#44; thus allowing the twins to be successfully separated &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#fig3">Figures 3&#44; 4</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig1"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig2"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig3"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig4"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="cesec20" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="cestitle20">DISCUSSION</span><p id="para230" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Conjoined twins are classified according to the most prominent site of conjunction&#58; thorax &#40;thoracopagus&#41;&#59; abdomen &#40;onphalopagus&#41;&#59; sacrum &#40;pygopagus&#41;&#59; pelvis &#40;ischiopagus&#41;&#59; skull &#40;cephalopagus&#41;&#44; and back &#40;rachipagus&#41;&#46; The most common types are&#58; thoracopagus &#40;73&#37;&#41; followed by pygopagus &#40;19&#37;&#41; and finally by ischiopagus &#40;6&#37;&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib8"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;9</span></a></p><p id="para240" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The phenomenon of conjoined twins with its rare occurrence and the vast diversity of anatomical variation from case to case poses a unique challenge for pediatricians&#44; pediatric surgeons&#44; and radiologists&#46;</p><p id="para250" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The radiological assessment of the different organs for surgical preoperative planning of conjoined twins is of paramount importance&#46; However&#44; the creation of a precise algorithm designed for such evaluation is impractical due to the vast number of anatomical variations existing in such cases&#46;</p><p id="para260" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Great emphasis is given to US and helical CT evaluations in most of the publications&#44; which attribute a secondary position to the other methods of imaging diagnostics&#44; providing only brief and succinct descriptions&#46; However&#44; in this case&#44; due to the inconclusive evaluation possible from the abdominal CT&#44; the option of visceral angiography was adopted to accurately define the hepatic arterial and venous vascular anatomy&#44; allowing the hepatic section without complications&#46;</p><p id="para270" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In this particular case&#44; the initial evaluation by US and helical CT contraindicated the separation surgery of these conjoined twins&#44; since the hepatic parenchyma drainage of one of the twins was not adequately demonstrated&#46;</p><p id="para280" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Thus&#44; detailed angiographic assessment of the twins acquired a fundamental role in the preoperative study&#44; allowing the successful surgical separation of the children&#46;</p><p id="para290" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Therefore&#44; 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