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Morphology of the Afterbirth of the Danzig Quintuplets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

S. Metler ,
J. Meyer  and
L. Rudzinski
S. Metler*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
J. Meyer
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
L. Rudzinski
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, ul. Kliniczna la, 80-402 Gdansk, Poland

Abstract

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The morphological examination of the afterbirth of the Danzig quintuplets showed that it was composed of five fused placentas forming one single placenta, of extraplacental fetal membranes forming five separate fetal amniotic sacs and five umbilical cords. The structure of the placentas was very similar and no focal pathological changes were found in their texture. From a morphological point of view all separating membranes speak in favour of a quintovular pregnancy.

Type
4. The Danzig Quintuplets
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 164 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972