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Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult
A fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is an uncommon developmental abnormality characterized by a reasonably well-formed but aborted fetus that is seen in the form of an encapsulated, pedunculated vertebrate tumor in the patient's abdomen. We report an interesting case of a double FIF in a 20-year-old man, who...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766876/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881090 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54890 |
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author | Daga, BV Chaudhary, VA Ingle, Amit S Dhamangaokar, Vinayak B Jadhav, Deepti P Kulkarni, Prasanna A |
author_facet | Daga, BV Chaudhary, VA Ingle, Amit S Dhamangaokar, Vinayak B Jadhav, Deepti P Kulkarni, Prasanna A |
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description | A fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is an uncommon developmental abnormality characterized by a reasonably well-formed but aborted fetus that is seen in the form of an encapsulated, pedunculated vertebrate tumor in the patient's abdomen. We report an interesting case of a double FIF in a 20-year-old man, who presented with acute abdominal pain and a lump. CT scan of the abdomen revealed two ill-formed fetuses-in-fetu, which were seen as a 15-cm complex, encapsulated mass in the lower retroperitoneum; there was also free fluid in the abdomen. The diagnosis of a ruptured twin FIF was made. Complete surgical excision of the lesion was performed and the diagnosis was confirmed histopathologically. To the best of our knowledge, the CT scan findings of a ruptured double FIF in an adult have not been previously documented. |
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spelling | pubmed-27668762009-11-20 Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult Daga, BV Chaudhary, VA Ingle, Amit S Dhamangaokar, Vinayak B Jadhav, Deepti P Kulkarni, Prasanna A Indian J Radiol Imaging Abdominal Imaging A fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is an uncommon developmental abnormality characterized by a reasonably well-formed but aborted fetus that is seen in the form of an encapsulated, pedunculated vertebrate tumor in the patient's abdomen. We report an interesting case of a double FIF in a 20-year-old man, who presented with acute abdominal pain and a lump. CT scan of the abdomen revealed two ill-formed fetuses-in-fetu, which were seen as a 15-cm complex, encapsulated mass in the lower retroperitoneum; there was also free fluid in the abdomen. The diagnosis of a ruptured twin FIF was made. Complete surgical excision of the lesion was performed and the diagnosis was confirmed histopathologically. To the best of our knowledge, the CT scan findings of a ruptured double FIF in an adult have not been previously documented. Medknow Publications 2009-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2766876/ /pubmed/19881090 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54890 Text en © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abdominal Imaging Daga, BV Chaudhary, VA Ingle, Amit S Dhamangaokar, Vinayak B Jadhav, Deepti P Kulkarni, Prasanna A Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult |
title | Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult |
title_full | Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult |
title_fullStr | Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult |
title_full_unstemmed | Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult |
title_short | Double fetus-in-fetu: CT scan diagnosis in an adult |
title_sort | double fetus-in-fetu: ct scan diagnosis in an adult |
topic | Abdominal Imaging |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766876/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881090 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54890 |
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