They were diagnosed prior to birth as thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins in the fourth month of pregnancy of Deepika Gupta in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, Dr Minu Bajpai, head of Department of ...

Conjoined fetuses are a rare type of identical twins that share a placenta and an amniotic sac, when the embryo divides at 13-15 days from conception. The incidence ranges from 1/50,000-1/100,000 ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Conjoined twins occur when identical twins have fused bodies before they are born. This condition has also been known as "Siamese twins," named after the first ...