title: [Lithokelyphopedion].
abstract: Lithopedions are extremely rare conditions. Less than 300 cases were described worldwide. We report a case occurring in a woman of 77 years of age, admitted with dehydration, urinary tract infection and infected limb pressure ulcers. She had been recently admitted in a Surgery ward for incarcerated umbilical hernia. At the time the abdominal examination revealed a mass with about 10 cm in diameter, with petrous consistency, adherent to the deep plans around the umbilical regium and the hypogastrium. This finding was interpreted as a probable left renal tumor. The abdominal X-ray revealed voluminous calcified mass and the CT-scan showed to be a lithokelyphopedion with about fifty years, of a full term pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leitão
authors.forename: Rui M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: J Nascimento
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography