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Fetus -in -fetu in a 6-month-old

Author(s) -

LO Abdur-Rahman,

AY Abdul-Kadir,

AG Rahman

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

african journal of paediatric surgery

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 0189-6725

pISSN - 0974-5998

DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.44187

Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , pelvis , fetus , girl , pregnancy , developmental psychology , biology , genetics , psychology

Fetus-in-fetu is a malformed parasitic monozygotic diamniotic twin found inside the body of the living child or adult. We report a case of lumbar mass having superficial rudimentary phallus, labioscrotal fold, testes, pedunculated thumb-like digit and rudimentary pelvis in addition to bowel loops in a 6-month-old Nigerian girl. The mass was excised and the baby did well. We propose based on these that dizygotic parasitic foetiform twin could exist.

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