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Neglected intrauterine fetal demise for more than two decades leading to the development of a lithopedion: a case report

BACKGROUND: Lithopedion is a word derived from the Greek words lithos, meaning stone, and paidion, meaning child, to describe a fetus that has become stony or petrified. Lithopedion is a rare complication of pregnancy which occurs when a fetus dies and becomes too large to be reabsorbed by the body....

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Autores principales: Gebresenbet, Fitsum Fikru, Mulat, Abdu Mengesha, Nur, Namus Muhajir, Getaneh, Ferehiwot Bekele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31718672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2264-8