Contributed by Patricia A. Aronica, M.D. and Dale S. Huff, M.D.
Published on line in June 1998
PATIENT HISTORY:
A 36-year-old Gravida 3 Para 2 woman experienced intrauterine loss of twin B at 14 weeks gestational age. The twin B fetus was retained. At 39+ weeks twin A was delivered as a 3141 gram liveborn male infant with Apgar scores of 9 at one minute and 9 at 5 minutes. No abnormalities were noted.