Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases

Fetus in fetu is a rare condition that has been defined as the presence of one of the twins in the body of the other. It is most frequently located in retroperitoneal area; however, it has been reported in other locations as well. This report presents two cases of “fetus in fetu” cases: one located...

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Autores principales: Karaman, Ibrahim, Erdoğan, Derya, Özalevli, Semire, Karaman, Ayşe, Çavuşoğlu, y Hakan, Aslan, M. Kemal, Çakmak, Özden
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2810823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20177485
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.42572
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author Karaman, Ibrahim
Erdoğan, Derya
Özalevli, Semire
Karaman, Ayşe
Çavuşoğlu, y Hakan
Aslan, M. Kemal
Çakmak, Özden
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Erdoğan, Derya
Özalevli, Semire
Karaman, Ayşe
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Çakmak, Özden
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description Fetus in fetu is a rare condition that has been defined as the presence of one of the twins in the body of the other. It is most frequently located in retroperitoneal area; however, it has been reported in other locations as well. This report presents two cases of “fetus in fetu” cases: one located in the retroperitoneal area and the other in the sacrococcygeal area.
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spelling pubmed-28108232010-02-22 Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases Karaman, Ibrahim Erdoğan, Derya Özalevli, Semire Karaman, Ayşe Çavuşoğlu, y Hakan Aslan, M. Kemal Çakmak, Özden J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Fetus in fetu is a rare condition that has been defined as the presence of one of the twins in the body of the other. It is most frequently located in retroperitoneal area; however, it has been reported in other locations as well. This report presents two cases of “fetus in fetu” cases: one located in the retroperitoneal area and the other in the sacrococcygeal area. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2810823/ /pubmed/20177485 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.42572 Text en © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons 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.
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Karaman, Ibrahim
Erdoğan, Derya
Özalevli, Semire
Karaman, Ayşe
Çavuşoğlu, y Hakan
Aslan, M. Kemal
Çakmak, Özden
Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases
title Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases
title_full Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases
title_fullStr Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases
title_short Fetus in fetu: A report of two cases
title_sort fetus in fetu: a report of two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2810823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20177485
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.42572
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