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. 2015:7C:109-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.10.074. Epub 2014 Dec 12.

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

B S Gedam  1 , Yunus Shah  1 , Shahaji Deshmukh  1 , Prasad Y Bansod  1
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Skeletal remains of mummified foetus for 36 years in mother's abdomen

B S Gedam et al. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2015.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Lithopedion; Stone baby.

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Arranged skeleton of dead foetus.
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CT scan showing the mass containing the bones of the dead foetus.
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