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Parapagus Conjoined Twins

Pen and Ink, Wash, Adobe Photoshop Illustrator CS6

Embryology Students

Print

Prof. D. Mazierski

The purpose of this drawing is to be used as a page in an embryology textbook for university-level students. A general overview of the disorder is given and an illustration of the skeleton of these conjoined twins is used to demonstrate where the merging of the two skeletons occur. An embryological diagram shows the specific type of monozygotic twins that can lead to parapagus. 

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PROCESS WORK

I first started by identifying the illustrations I needed for the subject and sketching them out roughly, using references and actual infant skeletons. 

Once I was happy with the rough sketches, a clean line version was made. The twin skeleton was done in ink wash and the other two illustrations were done with pen and ink. They were then scanned into Adobe Illustrator. I did research and wrote a brief description of parapagus twins to accompany the drawings, and I lastly I figured out a layout that worked and resembled that of a textbook.

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References

APSA Family Site | Home. (n.d.). APSA Family Site | Home. Retrieved December 1, 2013, from http://www.pediatricsurgerymd.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Resources_for_Parents&ContentID=4080&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
Başaran, S., Güzel, R., Keskin, E., & Sarpel, T. (201). Parapagus (dicephalus, tetrabrachius, dipus) conjoined twins and their rehabilitation. The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 55, 99-103 .
DICEPHALUS PARAPAGUS CONJOINED TWINS. (2013, December 1). Medical Channel -. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from http://www.medicalchannel.pk/past-issues/volume-18/supplement/436-dicephalus-parapagus-conjoined-twins.html
Facts About the Twins. (n.d.). University of Maryland Medical Center. Retrieved December 1, 2013, from http://umm.edu/programs/conjoined-twins/facts-about-the-twins
Hari, S., Sharma, R., Gupta, A. K., Das, C., & Singal, A. K. (2004). Magnetic resonance imaging of parapagus twins.European Journal of Radiology Extra,51(1), 25-29.
JCDR - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. (n.d.). JCDR - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. Retrieved December 2, 2013, from http://www.jcdr.net/article_fulltext.asp?issn=0973-709x&year=2011&month=August&issue=4
Kaufman, M. (2004). The embryology of conjoined twins. Child's Nervous System,20(8-9), 508-25.
Tiwari, A., Naik, D., Khanwalkar, P., & Meghana, M. (2013). DICEPHALIC PARAPAGUS – TRIBRACHIUS – A CASE STUDY. International Journal of Anatomy and Research, 1(2), 26-28.