Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Fetus in fetu: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Fetus in fetu a case report Nisreen M Khalifa1 Doaa W Maximous2 and Alaa A Abd-Elsayed 3 Address Department of Pediatric Oncology South Egypt Cancer Institute Assiut University Assiut Egypt 2Department of Surgical Oncology South Egypt Cancer Institute Assiut University Assiut Egypt and 3Department of Public Health and Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine Assiut University Assiut Egypt Email Nisreen M Khalifa - nisreen_khalifa@ Doaa W Maximous - doaadavid@ Alaa A Abd- Elsayed - alaaawny@ Corresponding author Published 10 January 2008 Received 20 September 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 2 doi 1752-1947-2-2 Accepted 10 January 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 2 2008 Khalifa 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 Fetus in fetu is a rare abnormality secondary to the abnormal embryogenesis in a diamniotic monochorionic pregnancy. It is a rare pathological condition and fewer than 100 cases have been reported in the literature. Case presentation A 2 month old girl with an abdominal mass since birth was referred to the Cancer Institute with a suspected diagnosis of a Wilms tumor. Conventional radiograph of the abdomen revealed a mass containing numerous calcifications. CT scan showed a heterogeneous retroperitoneal mass containing well-defined calcified structures. The decision was made to recommend surgical exploration and the mass was successfully excised. Physical examination of the mass with review of literature confirmed the diagnosis of fetus in fetu.
