Birth-record of three homozygous twins at the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Florence: they are three identical babies fed by a placenta.
"It is a very rare case that occurs in about one case every 100,000 births - explains Dr. Anna Franca Cavaliere, director of obstetrics and gynecology -. The triplets were naturally conceived from a single ovum that took place a few days after fertilization. divided giving rise to three amniotic sacs, each containing a fetus but supported by a single placenta. Triplets are not a common event but in such cases monochiority is even more rare and certainly not without risks ".
