The Lithopedion – An Unusual Case of an Abdominal Mass
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 0, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
We report the rare case of a lithopedion in 70 year old female with chief complaints of mass per vaginum. Diagnosis was confirmed by plain abdominal X-ray and computed tomography and patient consequently undergone laportomy. Women have retained the calcified fetus for 37 years. “Litho-”, the Greek prefix meaning stone, and “-pedion”, the Greek suffix meaning “child,” creates a literal translation of lithopedion as “stone child”, “Lithopedion or stonebaby” is bony or calcified fetus resulting from an advanced ectopic pregnancy.
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G. Ramakrishna Reddy , K. Venkat Ram Reddy , P. Vishwanath Reddy , B. Ananda Rama Rao , Vikram K
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