Multicystic encephalomalacia following intrauterine single fetal death in second-trimester and subsequent fetofetal transfusion syndrome in monochorionic twin pregnancy: A case report

Abstract

Multicystic encephalomalacia is a condition of cerebral necrosis followed by the formation of cystic lesions of varying sized starting from the periventricular area and may extending to the cerebral cortex. This disorder may happens in surviving cotwins after the second and third-trimester intrauterine fetal death of one twin in monochorionic pregnancies.