Fetus-in-fetu with malignant recurrence

K L Hopkins; P K Dickson; T I Ball; R R Ricketts; P A O'Shea; C R Abramowsky

doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90567-4

Fetus-in-fetu with malignant recurrence

J Pediatr Surg. 1997 Oct;32(10):1476-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90567-4.

Authors

K L Hopkins¹, P K Dickson, T I Ball, R R Ricketts, P A O'Shea, C R Abramowsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

PMID: 9349774
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90567-4

Abstract

Fetus-in-fetu is an unusual condition in which a vertebrate fetus is enclosed within the abdomen of another fetus. These occurrences are usually benign. This report describes an instance of malignant recurrence after resection of a fetus-in-fetu.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Fetus / abnormalities*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / blood
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Peritoneal Neoplasms / blood
Peritoneal Neoplasms / pathology*
Peritoneal Neoplasms / surgery
Teratoma / blood
Teratoma / pathology*
Teratoma / surgery
alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis

Substances

alpha-Fetoproteins