Different types of intestinal atresia in identical twins.

J Pediatr Surg

Pediatric Surgical Unit, Department for Mother and Child Care, Università di Palermo, 90142 Palermo, Italy.

Published: December 2008


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The authors present a previously unreported association of different types of intestinal atresia in identical low-birth-weight twins. Both babies were affected by duodenal atresia, associated in the first case with a complete mucosal duodenal membrane and in the second one with an "apple-peel" jejunal atresia. These occurrences may suggest that they were either the consequence of linkage of 2 genes or a pleiotropic expression of a single gene responsible for such rare conditions.

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