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A Case of Fetus in Fetu
Fetus in fetu is a rare developmental aberration, characterized by encasement of partially developed monozygotic, diamniotic, and monochorionic fetus into the normally developing host. A 4-month-old boy presented with abdominal mass. Radiological investigations gave the suspicion of fetus in fetu. A...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418045/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953303 |
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author | Mustafa, Ghulam Mirza, Bilal Iqbal, Shahid Sheikh, Afzal |
author_facet | Mustafa, Ghulam Mirza, Bilal Iqbal, Shahid Sheikh, Afzal |
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description | Fetus in fetu is a rare developmental aberration, characterized by encasement of partially developed monozygotic, diamniotic, and monochorionic fetus into the normally developing host. A 4-month-old boy presented with abdominal mass. Radiological investigations gave the suspicion of fetus in fetu. At surgery a fetus enclosed in an amnion like membrane at upper retroperitoneal location was found and excised. The patient is doing well after the operation. |
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spelling | pubmed-34180452012-09-05 A Case of Fetus in Fetu Mustafa, Ghulam Mirza, Bilal Iqbal, Shahid Sheikh, Afzal APSP J Case Rep Case Report Fetus in fetu is a rare developmental aberration, characterized by encasement of partially developed monozygotic, diamniotic, and monochorionic fetus into the normally developing host. A 4-month-old boy presented with abdominal mass. Radiological investigations gave the suspicion of fetus in fetu. At surgery a fetus enclosed in an amnion like membrane at upper retroperitoneal location was found and excised. The patient is doing well after the operation. EL-MED-Pub 2012-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3418045/ /pubmed/22953303 Text en Copyright © 2012 Mustafa et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 | Case Report Mustafa, Ghulam Mirza, Bilal Iqbal, Shahid Sheikh, Afzal A Case of Fetus in Fetu |
title | A Case of Fetus in Fetu |
title_full | A Case of Fetus in Fetu |
title_fullStr | A Case of Fetus in Fetu |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Fetus in Fetu |
title_short | A Case of Fetus in Fetu |
title_sort | case of fetus in fetu |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418045/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953303 |
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