Fetus-in-fetu: A Rare Congenital Anomaly

Two cases of fetus-in-fetu, on which we performed surgery in 2003 and 2006, are being reported. Both the cases presented with a lump in the abdomen. Radiology confirmed the diagnosis. The lumps were found in the retroperitoneum and successfully excised. Because of the rarity of the condition, these...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Saurabh Kumar, Singhal, Parul, Arya, Neera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22091341
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.73621
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description Two cases of fetus-in-fetu, on which we performed surgery in 2003 and 2006, are being reported. Both the cases presented with a lump in the abdomen. Radiology confirmed the diagnosis. The lumps were found in the retroperitoneum and successfully excised. Because of the rarity of the condition, these two cases are being reported with relevant salient features and are discussed in the light of available literature.
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spelling pubmed-32142842011-11-16 Fetus-in-fetu: A Rare Congenital Anomaly Gupta, Saurabh Kumar Singhal, Parul Arya, Neera J Surg Tech Case Rep Case Report Two cases of fetus-in-fetu, on which we performed surgery in 2003 and 2006, are being reported. Both the cases presented with a lump in the abdomen. Radiology confirmed the diagnosis. The lumps were found in the retroperitoneum and successfully excised. Because of the rarity of the condition, these two cases are being reported with relevant salient features and are discussed in the light of available literature. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3214284/ /pubmed/22091341 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.73621 Text en © Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report 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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