Skeletal remains of mummified foetus for 36 years in mother's abdomen

Autor:	B. S. Gedam, Yunus Shah, Shahaji Deshmukh, Prasad Bansod
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Pregnancy Obstetrics business.industry Lithopedion medicine.disease Article medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Abdomen Surgery business Stone baby Mummified foetus
Zdroj:	International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
ISSN:	2210-2612
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.10.074
Popis:	Highlights • Lithopedion results from primary or secondary abdominal implantation. • It is a rare event where only about 330 cases reported. • We report a 60-year-old female with pain and abdominal-pelvic mass. • She had skeletal structures, bilateral hydronephrosis and hydroureter on CT. • A skeletonization type of lithopedion was the final diagnosis. Lithopedion is a rare event that occurs in 0.0054% of all gestations.1 According to one report there are only about 330 known cases of stone baby in the world (Gang sung, Min Lee et al., 2010). About 1.5–1.8% of the abdominal babies develop into lithopedion. We report a 60-year-old female with pain and lump in lower abdomen since 2 months. Possibility of tumour was on evaluation. Eventually a mass containing foetal skeleton was found in her abdomen which was traced to her pregnancy 36 years back.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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