Fetus-in-fetu: a case report and review of the literature.
Thakral CL, Maji DC, Sajwani MJ.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
A unique case of intraperitoneal fetus-in-fetu attached to an ovary is presented. An asymptomatic newborn girl was found to have a mobile cystic mass in right side of her abdomen. Radiological investigations showed fetus-in-fetu. During laparotomy, an intraperitoneal fetus-in-fetu was found attached to right ovary and vascular pedicle to ovarian vessels. Only 79 cases of fetus-in-fetu have been reported, and this is the first such case attached to an ovary.
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PMID: 9766375 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]