Anomalies occur in registrations of fetal deaths in multiple pregnancies

EDITOR—In a monozygotic monochorionic multiple pregnancy the fetal death of one conceptus may have profound consequences, such as neonatal death, cerebral palsy, and severe mental disability for the livebirth co-conceptus. Because of these consequences the importance of registering a twin fetus papyraceus has been discussed previously.1^–4

A fetal death must be registered if delivery takes place after 24 weeks' gestation, irrespective of the gestational age at the time of death When …