Diprosopus, also known as craniofacial duplication, is an extremely rare congenital disorder where only 0.4% of conjoined twins are affected by the disorder. The first cases of this disorder were recorded in Ancient Greece therefore the term “diprosopus” comes from the Greek prefix “di-” which means two and the Greek word, “prosopon” meaning face so diprosopus has the literal meaning of “two-faced” .This disorder is where the newborn has one body, but two noses, two mouths, and two set of eyes.
There have been less than 50 cases of diprosopus ever since the 1800’s because the genetic disorder is very uncommon in humans but is known in many animal species. Excess of the sonic hedgehog protein or cranial bifurcation of the notochord during
There have been less than 50 cases of diprosopus ever since the 1800’s because the genetic disorder is very uncommon in humans but is known in many animal species. Excess of the sonic hedgehog protein or cranial bifurcation of the notochord during