dicephalus

If this be so, then the teratologic difficulty is removed, for the case becomes perfectly comparable with the well-known but rare type of double terata known as the pygopagous twins, which is placed by Taruffi with that of the ischiopagous twins in the group dicephalus lecanopagus.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Taruffi with that of the ischiopagous twins in the group dicephalus lecanopagus.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

If the babies survive after birth, they will become the first ever living British dicephalus twins.

LifeSiteNews.com Headlines 2009

PORTSMOUTH, UK, January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews. com) - Lisa Chamberlain, 25, pregnant with dicephalus twins who have separate heads but share a single body, is determined to allow her conjoined daughters a chance at life, despite doctors advice to kill the children in utero.

LifeSiteNews.com Headlines 2009

And even if they do survive, they may have much difficulty living in the United Kingdom, where gossip papers are king and no dicephalus twins have ever survived long after birth.

British Blogs 2009

Doctors say there is only about a 20 percent chance of survival for the dicephalus twins of Mike Pedace and Lisa Chamberlain, whose fetus has separate heads but share a single body.

British Blogs 2009

Chamberlain and 32-year-old Pedace, who are reportedly engaged to be married, say they have found hope from the case of Abigail and Brittany Hensel, the 18-year-old dicephalus twins in the United States who lead relatively normal lives despite sharing a rib cage, two arms, two legs, and organs below the waist.

British Blogs 2009

Lisa Chamberlain, 25, had a scan last week which showed her embryo had two heads and one body - making them dicephalus twins.

icScotland 2009