Abdominal pregnancy with lithopedion formation presenting as a pelvic abscess

Lithopedion - a rare complication of ectopic pregnancy: A case report

A lithopedion is one of the rare complications of ectopic pregnancy, which manifests as a calcified mass in a part of the abdominal or pelvic cavity. We present a 52-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department after an accident, and a lithopedion was observed in imaging examinations. Immediately, surgery was performed, and the calcified mass was removed.

Developmental and clinical overview of lithopaidion

Lithopaidion, or stone child, is generally a single rare asymptomatic formation that evolves from an undiagnosed and untreated advanced abdominal pregnancy. The dead fetus is retained in the maternal abdominal cavity, which causes calcification. In this paper, we review the literature on the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis and clinical features of lithopaidion and report a unique case of lithokelyphos in a patient with an ectopic fallopian pregnancy. We propose a model to unify the data. The new word 'lithopaidion' can be utilized instead of lithopedion.

A 26-year-old retained demised abdominal pregnancy presenting with umbilical fistula

This is a report on a 72-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with passage of fetal bones through an umbilical fistula. She was diagnosed as a case of demised abdominal pregnancy, which had been retained for 26 years. She subsequently had exploratory laparotomy, evacuation of the abdominal pregnancy, hysterectomy, and bowel resection. The patient's condition remained unstable throughout the postoperative period and she died from septicemia on the eleventh day.

Lithopedion: laparoscopic diagnosis and removal

A lithopedion is an exceedingly rare obstetric phenomenon where the contents of an abdominal pregnancy calcify and become preserved. We present the case of a young woman undergoing laparoscopy for infertility during which a lithopedion was discovered.