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1: Pediatrics. 2000 Jun;105(6):1335-44.Click here to read Links

Fetus in fetu: a case report and literature review.

Hoeffel CC, Nguyen KQ, Phan HT, Truong NH, Nguyen TS, Tran TT, Fornes P.

Department of Radiology A, UFR Faculté de Médecine Cochin, 75014 Paris, France.

Fetus in fetu is a rare condition in which a fetiform calcified mass often is present in the abdomen of its host, a newborn or an infant. We report on a case of a 19-month-old girl whose plain abdominal radiograph, ultrasonography, and computed tomography scan revealed a mass in which the contents favor a fetus in fetu rather than a teratoma. The noncalcified vertebral column invisible on the radiographs was identified by the pathologist; therefore, the nonvisualization of the vertebral axis on radiography or on computed tomography scan does not exclude the diagnosis of fetus in fetu.

PMID: 10835078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]