Fetus in fetu.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-65701
ABSTRACT
Fetus in fetu occurs due to aberration of monozygotic twinning. A 16-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and mass. Laparotomy revealed an anencephalic fetus within an encapsulated retroperitoneal mass. Pathologic examination confirmed rib formation with a primitive vertebral column with bone marrow. There was no other organogenesis.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Retroperitoneal Space
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Twins, Monozygotic
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Humans
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Male
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Radiography, Abdominal
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Adolescent
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Fetus
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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