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标题：Lithopaedion: Case Report
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作者：S. Saritha ; Gouri.
期刊名称：International Journal of Anatomy and Research
印刷版ISSN：2321-4287
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：283-286
出版社：International Journals of Medical and Health Research
摘要：A lithopaedion or lithopedion is ancient Greek word meaning a stone baby. It is a rare phenomenon whichoccurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an ectopic pregnancy or during an abdominal pregnancy. Thechance of abdominal pregnancy is one in 11,000 pregnancies. If the dead fetus is too large to be re-absorbed bythe mother’s body it becomes a foreign body to the mother’s immune system. To protect from possible infection,the mother’s body will encase the fetus in a calciferous substance. The fetus is gradually mummified becominga stone baby. Lithopedion may occur from 14 weeks’ gestation to full term. It is not unusual for a stone baby toremain undiagnosed for decades and found incidentally when taking plain x-rays films for various otherinvestigations. This paper describes the known case of this phenomenon. The present case was about a 70 yearold post-menopausal woman attended the Gynecology OPD with the complaints of mass per vaginum since 5years. X-ray and Ultrasound scan of abdomen and pelvis revealed a lithopaedion.
关键词：Lithopaedion; abdominal pregnancy; X-ray; Ultrasound scan