DELAYED INTERVAL DELIVERY AFTER INTRAUTERINE INFECTION AND IMMATURE BIRTH OF TWIN-1 - A CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

We report a case of delayed interval delivery in a twin pregnancy comp licated by rupture of membranes, intrauterine infection and birth of o ne twin at 21 weeks gestation. Tocolysis combined with antibiotics and corticosteroids successfully prolonged pregnancy for 73 days, allowin g the second twin to mature and reach viability. At 31.5 weeks gestati on, a 1890 g healthy male neonate was born with good Apgar scores. His postnatal course was uneventful. A literature review of several other cases of delayed interval delivery is presented. When multifetal preg nancies are complicated by immature birth of one fetus. delayed interv al delivery may offer survival chances and favourable outcome for the remaining fetus(es).