title: Skeletal remains of mummified foetus for 36 years in mother's abdomen.
abstract: Lithopedion is a rare event that occurs in 0.0054% of all gestations.(1) According to one report there are only about 330 known cases of stone baby in the world (Gang sung, Min Lee et al., 2010). About 1.5-1.8% of the abdominal babies develop into lithopedion. We report a 60-year-old female with pain and lump in lower abdomen since 2 months. Possibility of tumour was on evaluation. Eventually a mass containing foetal skeleton was found in her abdomen which was traced to her pregnancy 36 years back.
authors: Lata Mangeshkar Hospital & NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Nagpur 19, Maharashtra, India.
authors: B S
authors: BS
authors: Gedam
authors: Lata Mangeshkar Hospital & NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Nagpur 19, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Yunus
authors: Y
authors: Shah
authors: Lata Mangeshkar Hospital & NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Nagpur 19, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Shahaji
authors: S
authors: Deshmukh
authors: Lata Mangeshkar Hospital & NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Nagpur 19, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Prasad Y
authors: PY
authors: Bansod
keywords: Lithopedion; Stone baby
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