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Successful first trimester intrauterine treatment with alcohol in a case of acardiac twin pregnancy

Melih Atahan Güven , Harika Bodur Öztürk, Önder Koç, Serkan Erkanlı, Deniz Usal, Tayfun Bağış

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Successful first trimester intrauterine treatment with alcohol in a case of acardiac twin pregnancy. Perinatal Journal 2014;22(Suppl):SE36 DOI: 10.2399/prn.14.S001084

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Melih Atahan Güven 1,
Harika Bodur Öztürk2,
Önder Koç3,
Serkan Erkanlı1,
Deniz Usal2,
Tayfun Bağış1

  1. Acıbadem Üniversitesi, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı- İstanbul TR
  2. Acıbadem Kadıköy Hastanesi, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum- İstanbul TR
  3. Memorial Ankara Hastanesi, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum- Ankara TR
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Melih Atahan Güven , Acıbadem Üniversitesi, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı- İstanbul TR,

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No conflicts declared.

Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence is a serious condition of monochorionic twin pregnancy. It is an extremely rare anomaly, occurring with a reported incidence of 1 in 35000 deliveries, 1 in 100 monozygotic twins and 1 in 30 monozygotic triplets. This condition is associated high risk of perinatal death of the pump twin due to cardiac failure and polyhidramnios may induce preterm birth.
Several methods have been proposed for intrauterine treatment of acardiac twin pregnancy and selective reduction of the acardiac twin was recently reported to be minimally invasive and effective for intrauterine treatment of acardiac twin pregnancy. First trimester treatment of TRAP sequence is controversies with higher incidence of procedure related complications. We present a case of TRAP sequence that has been managed by intrauterine treatment with alcohol injection at 12 weeks of gestation. Prophylactic intervention at 12 weeks of gestation may be resulted with higher survival rate if the early procedure could prevent fetal loss of pump twin before 16 weeks.
First trimester prophylactic intervention could be recommended patient with TRAP sequence. Alcohol ablation can be performed in medical center unless more sophisticated methods as invasive procedure are not available.
Keywords

Acardiac twin, twin pregnancy, intrauterine intervention

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Figure 1
Acardiac fetus after delivery