Fetus-in-fetu with malignant recurrence.
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.
Hopkins
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Department of Radiology, Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Dickson
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PK
Ball
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TI
Ricketts
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O'Shea
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Abramowsky
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CR
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins