Re: Conjoined twins?
From: Dave Berck (djberck@yahoo.com)
Wed Oct 15 08:49:29 2003
It is absolutely possible for a male and a female to
be joined at the temple, because it happened to me.
But in my case, however, I can only blame it on the
rabbi.
--- Terry J DuBose <tjdubose@juno.com> wrote:
> But what about Jeanty's now infamous case from
> ISUOG? Does the photograph
> actually exist?
> Terry
>
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:43:42 -0500
> evsono@pipeline.com (art fougner, md)
> writes:
> > i think CNN is in error -
> >
> > Here's the leader on MSNBC
> >
> > Separated Greek twins are ‘fine’
> >
> > Four-month-old girls can look forward to normal
> life, doctors say
> >
> > An x-ray photo of the Greek twins joined at the
> temple. A team of
> > Italian doctors separated the girls in a rare
> 12-hour operation over
> > the
> > weekend.
> >
> > http://msnbc.com/news/979670.asp?0si=-
> >
> > art
> >
> > At Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Terry J. DuBose wrote:
> > >
> > >Here is the leader from the article... sounds
> fishy to me...
> > Terry
> > >
> > >---------------------------------------------
> > >"ROME, Italy (AP) -- Four-month-old twins, a boy
> > >---------------------------------------------
> and a girl, from
> > >---------------------------------------------
> > Greece who were joined at the temple were
> successfully separated
> > during surgery at a Rome hospital, a hospital
> official said. "
> > >---------------------------------------------
> >
> > >---------------------------------------------
>
> > >---------------------------------------------
>http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/12/italy.twins.ap/index.html
> > >
> > >--
> > >---------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >---------------------------------------------
> > >Terry
> > >---------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >ultrasound@obgyn.net writes:
> > >>Conjoined Twins with different genders? Doubt
> it. Papers here
> > are
> > >>talking about a set of pre-op conjoined twins
> from the Philippines
> > -
> > >>cephalopagus as were the Egyptian twins.
> > >>
> > >>art
> > >>
> > >>At Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Ann Polin wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>Forgive me if there is something that I am
> missing, but does
> > anyone know
> > >>>anything about the Greek conjoined twins that
> were joined at the
> > temple
> > >>>and just separated? According to the article on
> CNN (see the
> > website at:
> >
>
>>>http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/12/italy.twins.ap/index.html
> > >>>they were a boy and a girl.
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>Ann Polin, BS, RDMS
> > >>>Program Chair
> > >>>Diagnostic Ultrasound, R130D
> > >>>Bellevue Community College
> > >>>3000 Landerholm Circle SE
> > >>>Bellevue, WA 98007-6484
> > >>>USA
> > >>>Telephone: +1 (425) 564-4181
> > >>>Fax: +1 (425) 564-4193
> > >>>Email: apolin@bcc.ctc.edu
> > >>>
> > >>--
> > >>art fougner, md
> > >>ich bin ein New Yorker
> > >
> > ry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM
> > >Assistant Professor & Director, Diagnostic
> Medical Sonography
> > Program
> > >University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, CHRP
> > >4301 West Markham St. Mail Slot #563
> > >Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205 USA
> > >501-686-6510
> > >DuBoseTerryJ@UAMS.edu
> > >http://www.io.com/~dubose/
> > >http://www.uams.edu/chrp/dms/default.asp
> > >http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm
> > >
> >
> > --
> > art fougner, md
> > ich bin ein New Yorker
> >
>
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