Craniopagus twins

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Craniopagus twins are conjoined twins who are conjoined at the cranium (head). This type of conjoined twin happens 1 in ever 2.5000,000 births. They account for only 2% of conjoined twins, and most die at birth or are stillborn.

1 Cases
2 Parasitic twins
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Cases

Although it is the rarest kind of conjoined twin, many cases of them have been recorded including:

Lotti and Rosemarie Knaack, who were born in Germany in the 1950's. They were separated at age 6, with Lotti dying in surgery.
Laleh and Ladan Bijani, who were separated at age 29, only to die 90 minutes apart after surgery.
Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim who were born in Egypt. They were successfully separated at age 2 years, 4 months in October 2001 in Dallas, Texas. www.egyptiantwins.com
Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru, who were born with the crown of Tatiana's head joined to the back of Anastasia's. Doctors determined in 2007 that they cannot be separated.^[1]
Krista and Tatiana Hogan, born in B.C. After a series of tests doctors also determined these twins cannot be separated.
Joseph and Luka Banda from Zambia were separated successfully in South Africa by a team of surgeons led by Ben Carson

[edit] Parasitic twins

There is another type of Craniopagus conjoined twins, craniopagus parasiticus. This means a parasitic twin attached at the head. Only eight documented cases have been recorded.