Journal of Pregnancy and Child Health
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Case Report

Acardiac Acephalus Fetus Presenting as Obstructed Labour: A Case Report

Manupriya Sharia¹ and Chanderdeep Sharma^1*

Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

*Corresponding Author:

Chanderdeep Sharma
Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Tel: 91-9218925471
E-mail: cdsharma2006@gmail.com

Received date: March 22, 2016; Accepted date: May 26, 2016; Published date: May 29, 2016

Citation: Sharia M, Sharma C (2016) Acardiac Acephalus Fetus Presenting as Obstructed Labour: A Case Report. J Preg Child Health 3:255. doi:10.4172/2376-127X.1000255

Copyright: © 2016 Sharma C. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Mono-amniotic mono-chorionic pregnancies are un-common among twin gestations. Further twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence is extremely rare presentation. Acardiac acephalic fetus resulting as a result of TRAP sequence has an estimated incidence of 1 in 35,000 pregnancies. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has been reported till date which presented as obstructed labour. We are highlighting this case so as to alert the managing team of obstetricians regarding this rare cause of obstructed labour. Also to increase awareness regarding this presentation presenting in advanced second stage of labour with fetal malpresentation. Only diagnostic pointer in index case was malformed fetal toes visible at introitus of mother in advanced second stage of labour.

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