Symmetric undivided diplopagus with cardiac malformation in a Japanese wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax).
J Vet Med Sci
; 81(5): 657-659, 2019 May 11.
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ABSTRACT
A captured Japanese wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax) fetus was dicephalic. The fetus had two heads, but one body from the cranial neck region. Computed tomography imaging revealed that the two crania merged at the occipital bone, and the vertebral bodies between the atlas and the seventh thoracic vertebra were deformed. The fetus was found to have two tongues and laryngopharynges, but its esophagus and trachea were not duplicated. Each head contained a cerebrum and cerebellum, but the brains merged at the obex of the medulla oblongata, and the cervical spinal cord had duplicated ventral clefts. The heart was composed of three atria and four ventricles. This is the first report of a dicephalus with cardiac malformation in a wild boar.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Gemelos Siameses
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Sus scrofa
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Vet Med Sci
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón