Xia B, Li DD, Wei HX, Zhang XX, Li RM, Chen J. Retroperitoneal parasitic fetus: A case report.
World J Clin Cases 2021;
9:11482-11486. [PMID:
35071581 PMCID:
PMC8717500 DOI:
10.12998/wjcc.v9.i36.11482]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is an extremely rare congenital abnormal mass, in which a normal fetus’s vertebral axis frequently connected with malformed fetus around this axis. Here, we report the case of a male infant aged 26 d presenting with retroperitoneal parasitic fetus.
CASE SUMMARY
In a prenatal examination, we first detected an abdominal mass measuring 7.8 cm × 5.1 cm × 6.8 cm in a mother’s abdomen at 25 gestational weeks and teratoma was suspected. After the fetal was born, we did a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography on him and saw a distinctive limb with five-toes. According to the result of MRI, ultrasonography and postoperative pathology, he finally was diagnosed with FIF.
CONCLUSION
A laparotomy was performed at 26 d of age with excision of the retroperitoneal cystic tumor, which measured about 10 cm in diameter. According to the result of imaging and histological test, FIF was confirmed.
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