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Author Re: Situs inversus in one twin
Ray Laughton

2005-03-19, 5:38 pm

Repeating Rifle <salmonegg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> in article 1gt6jns.1cy0i4j1nbg1liN%rlaughton@invalid.com, Ray Laughton at
> rlaughton@invalid.com wrote on 3/9/05 3:36 PM:
>
>
> Is that necessarily true. Deep in the recesses of my memory, I remember that
> identical twins could come as truly identical or as mirror twins.
>
Mirror imaging occurs in about 25% of identical births, but situs
inversus is another type of embryonal variation. It can occur with
hernias and then its life-threatening.

Ray
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