An AMAZING case of a lithopedion (stone baby) that was inside his mother’s pelvis for 40 years!!
We present the case of a 77-year-old woman with an incidental diagnosis of a lithopedion, which had been retained in her left pelvis for presumably 40 years.
We present the case of a 77-year-old woman with an incidental diagnosis of a lithopedion, which had been retained in her left pelvis for presumably 40 years.
This extremely rare phenomenon is called Lithopedion, which means "stone baby".
It consists of an ectopic abdominal pregnancy in which the fetus dies but cannot be reabsorbed by the mother's body, which then coats it in a calcium-rich substance.
That fetus was too big to be reabsorbed by the body, and subsequently calcified on the outside as part of a maternal foreign body reaction, shielding the mother's body from the dead tissue of the fetus and preventing infection.
It is not unusual for a stone baby to remain undiagnosed for decades.
Sent by Andres Ricaurte (@andresricaurte7) from Colombia.
That fetus was too big to be reabsorbed by the body, and subsequently calcified on the outside as part of a maternal foreign body reaction, shielding the mother's body from the dead tissue of the fetus and preventing infection.
It is not unusual for a stone baby to remain undiagnosed for decades.
Sent by Andres Ricaurte (@andresricaurte7) from Colombia.
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