Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Orocervical foetus-in-foetu with prenatal sonographic diagnosis: a case reportb | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Orocervical foetus-in-foetu with prenatal sonographic diagnosis a case report Kolawole T Braimoh1 Adekunle Y Abdulkadir 1 and Rabiu O Balogun2 Address Department of Radiology University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital . 1459 Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria and 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital . 1459 Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria Email Kolawole T Braimoh - wolebraimoh@ Adekunle Y Abdulkadir - akyisau@ Rabiu O Balogun - ybalogun07@ Corresponding author Published 4 December 2008 Received 10 April 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 362 doi 1752-1947-2-362 Accepted 4 December 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 362 2008 Braimoh et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Foetus-in-foetu is a very rare congenital abnormality where a malformed foetus is included within the body of another foetus. Less than 200 cases have been reported with over 80 occurring in the abdomen. Only three cases of cervical foetus in foetu have been reported. The present case of giant orocervical foetus-in-foetu appears to be an index case. Case presentation This is a report of an extremely rare orocervical foetus-in-foetu with grotesque oddity diagnosed on prenatal ultrasonography at 35 weeks gestational age in a 28-year-old G2P1 0 Nigerian woman who was unsure of her last menstrual date or month. The included foetus had two eyes cranium nose long bones and a spine. The mother s attempts at vaginal delivery rather than the elective Caesarean delivery she was offered resulted in obstructed labour and intrauterine foetal
