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Three cases of Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome which were managed with maternal digitalization.

Geun Am Song, Il Jung Choi, Hyo Jeong Jun, Young A Lee, Moon Seok, Goo Hwa Je

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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is one of the complications showing high mortality rate in monochorionic twins with vascular communication in the placenta. Clinical manifestations of TTTS are usually characterized by polyhydramnios, circulatory overload, cardiac failure and fetal hydrops in the recipient twin and symmetrical fetal growth restriction, oligohydramnios, hypovolemia and anemia in the donor twin. TTTS occurres in 10-35% of monochorionic twins. We report three cases of TTTS with fetal hydrops in which amnioreduction was serially attempted and maternal digoxin treatment was tried for the therapeutic purpose.

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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is one of the complications showing high mortality rate in monochorionic twins with vascular communication in the placenta. Clinical manifestations of TTTS are usually characterized by polyhydramnios, circulatory overload, cardiac failure and fetal hydrops in the recipient twin and symmetrical fetal growth restriction, oligohydramnios, hypovolemia and anemia in the donor twin. TTTS occurres in 10-35% of monochorionic twins. We report three cases of TTTS with fetal hydrops in which amnioreduction was serially attempted and maternal digoxin treatment was tried for the therapeutic purpose.

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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is one of the complications showing high mortality rate in monochorionic twins with vascular communication in the placenta. Clinical manifestations of TTTS are usually characterized by polyhydramnios, circulatory overload, cardiac failure and fetal hydrops in the recipient twin and symmetrical fetal growth restriction, oligohydramnios, hypovolemia and anemia in the donor twin. TTTS occurres in 10-35% of monochorionic twins. We report three cases of TTTS with fetal hydrops in which amnioreduction was serially attempted and maternal digoxin treatment was tried for the therapeutic purpose.

Key concepts: Polyhydramnios, Oligohydramnios, Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, Medicine, Monochorionic twins, Hypovolemia, Hydrops fetalis, Obstetrics

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