Conjoined Triplets
“In 2004, 30 year old woman was referred for an ultrasound at 22 weeks pregnant because she had an excessive amount of amniotic fluid (known as polyhydramnios). The pregnancy had been unremarkable up until that point, but the ultrasound revealed three heads with conjoined bodies. The pregnancy was terminated via hysterectomy.
The female triplets were classified as tricephalus (three-headed) tetrabrachus (four-armed) and tetrapus (four-legged). They consisted of two bodies conjoined at the thorax, with one having two separate heads and spines. The fetuses shared a stomach, spleen, and liver, as well as a single umbilical cord. They also had gastrochisis, which is a birth defect of the abdominal wall where the internal organs protrude through a hole near the umbilical cord.”
*images under the cut* *tw: gore*
