Biomaterial Database

[Newborn twins with colour difference]. 2012

Angelo B Hooker, and Reinhard Maas

Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis, afd. Gynaecologie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. a.b.hooker@hotmail.com

A 31-year-old woman, pregnant of a monochorionic diamniotic twins had an unremarkable pregnancy. After delivery, the infants showed a colour difference. Blood analysis revealed an anaemia-polycythaemia sequence, caused by arterio-venous anastomoses in the placenta. The diagnosis was 'twin anaemia polycythaemia sequence' an acute and atypical form of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D010920	Placenta	A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES).	Placentoma, Normal,Placentome,Placentas,Placentomes
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260	Female		Females
D005330	Fetofetal Transfusion	Passage of blood from one fetus to another via an arteriovenous communication or other shunt, in a monozygotic twin pregnancy. It results in anemia in one twin and polycythemia in the other. (Lee et al., Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 9th ed, p737-8)	Cross-Transfusion, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Cross-Transfusion,Twin Transfusion,Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion,Fetal Transfusion Syndrome,Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome,Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Cross Transfusion, Intrauterine,Fetal Transfusion Syndromes,Fetofetal Transfusion Syndromes,Fetofetal Transfusions,Intrauterine Cross Transfusion,Intrauterine Cross-Transfusions,Syndrome, Fetal Transfusion,Syndrome, Fetofetal Transfusion,Syndrome, Twin Transfusion,Syndrome, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion,Transfusion Syndrome, Fetal,Transfusion Syndrome, Fetofetal,Transfusion Syndrome, Twin,Transfusion Syndrome, Twin-to-Twin,Transfusion, Fetofetal,Transfusion, Twin,Transfusion, Twin-to-Twin,Twin Transfusion Syndromes,Twin Transfusions,Twin to Twin Transfusion,Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndromes,Twin-to-Twin Transfusions
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000751	Anemia, Neonatal	The mildest form of erythroblastosis fetalis in which anemia is the chief manifestation.	Anemia Neonatorum,Anemias, Neonatal,Neonatal Anemia,Neonatal Anemias
D001159	Arterio-Arterial Fistula	Abnormal communication between two ARTERIES that may result from injury or occur as a congenital abnormality.	Arterio Arterial Fistula,Arterio-Arterial Fistulas,Fistula, Arterio-Arterial,Fistulas, Arterio-Arterial
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.