Fetus in fetu – a rare developmental anomaly

Fetus in fetu is a rare condition which most often presents as a fetiform calcified mass in the abdomen of its host, fetus or newborn. We report a case of 8-month-old girl with history of abdominal distension. Ultrasonography and computed tomography scan revealed a mass in which the contents favor a...

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Autores principales: Harigovind, Della, Babu SP, Harish, Nair, Sunil V, Sangram, Nazim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Gastrointestinal
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30581519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.11.020
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author Harigovind, Della
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description Fetus in fetu is a rare condition which most often presents as a fetiform calcified mass in the abdomen of its host, fetus or newborn. We report a case of 8-month-old girl with history of abdominal distension. Ultrasonography and computed tomography scan revealed a mass in which the contents favor a fetus in fetu rather than a teratoma. She underwent surgery and the mass was resected in toto. Radiograph of the resected specimen showed the presence of rudimentary vertebral column which was later confirmed by pathologist.
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spelling pubmed-62970752018-12-21 Fetus in fetu – a rare developmental anomaly Harigovind, Della Babu SP, Harish Nair, Sunil V Sangram, Nazim Radiol Case Rep Gastrointestinal Fetus in fetu is a rare condition which most often presents as a fetiform calcified mass in the abdomen of its host, fetus or newborn. We report a case of 8-month-old girl with history of abdominal distension. Ultrasonography and computed tomography scan revealed a mass in which the contents favor a fetus in fetu rather than a teratoma. She underwent surgery and the mass was resected in toto. Radiograph of the resected specimen showed the presence of rudimentary vertebral column which was later confirmed by pathologist. Elsevier 2018-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6297075/ /pubmed/30581519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.11.020 Text en © 2018 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Harigovind, Della
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Fetus in fetu – a rare developmental anomaly
title Fetus in fetu – a rare developmental anomaly
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title_full_unstemmed Fetus in fetu – a rare developmental anomaly
title_short Fetus in fetu – a rare developmental anomaly
title_sort fetus in fetu – a rare developmental anomaly
topic Gastrointestinal
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30581519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.11.020
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