[A rare case of intrapulmonary fetus-in-fetu].
Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a rare pathological condition, which presents as a congenital tumor, usually in the abdomen or retroperitoneum. A few cases have been reported in the cranial cavity, cervical spine, ovarium, scrotum and liver. We presently report a case of intrapulmonary FIF in a 12-year-old girl who was on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and had no symptoms related to the tumor. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of FIF with pulmonary presentation.
Neto
Epaminondas Belo
EB
Universidade Gama Filho y Hospital Geral da Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
de Carvalho
Carlos Manuel
CM
Belo
Márcia Teresa
MT
Vieira
André Filipe Marcondes
AF
de Oliveira
Thalita Bittar Carneiro
TB
Pereira
Maria Catarina Pinto
MC
Leal
Gustavo Modesto
GM
Branco
Mario Monjardim Castello
MM
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy