Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Foetus in foetu is a rare congenital anomaly due to abnormal embryogenesis of monozygotic twin (specially diamniotic, monochorionic pregnancy) in which parasitic twin is located within the body of twin in the vertebrate foetus.(1) The patient present with an abdominal mass during infancy or childhood.The ultrasonography, computed tomography, and multiplanar MRI scan revealed a mass in which the contents favour the presence of a large retroperitoneal foetus in foetu with significant mass effect of the adjacent structures and it is not a tumour.
Authors: Rajiv Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Subhrajit Hazra, Sudhanshu Shekar, Israrul Haque
Institution: Patna Medical College and Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2623047992