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12-13-2022, 11:02 PM
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Stone Baby
a stone baby- Lithopedion!! A case of a 26-year-old woman who was referred to the department of obstetrics and gynecology complaining lower abdominal pain with associated palpitation, dizziness, poor appetite and insomnia for the last seven months. Her obstetrical and gynecological history was normal such as menstrual cycle (28 days) and regular with length of menstrual period of 4-5 days. On examination was revealed infra-umbilical mass, mobile and hardened. Laboratory findings were within normal limits. An ultrasonography was obtained and it clearly showed an empty uterus, regular ovaries and the presence measuring femur length (abdominal pregnancy) and retention of 5 years. After laparotomy a fetus within sac was seen in the peritoneal cavity in adhesion with of an abdominal 30 weeks fetus. After dissection of the sac a whole fetus with ossified skeleton was found. The fetus was intact inside the amniotic cavity without amniotic fluid (Calcified Abdominal Pregnancy-Lithopedion). Lithopedion is a term derived from the Greek words Litho (Stone) and Paedion (child) and it explains an extra-uterine dead fetus that has calcified. In the case of stone babies, the deceased fetus has no way to leave the body and is too large for the body to reabsorb. Instead of allowing the fetus to rot inside the abdomen and expose the mother to potential infection, her body works to calcify it - or mummify it in calcium. Calcification is essentially an accumulation of salts the human body uses as a barrier against potential infection. Once calcified, the fetus is left inside the mother, where it usually does not cause any complications. This pregnancy develops like an abdominal intra-uterine pregnancy until fetal death. Later on the dehydration of tissue and calcium infiltration occurs. The woman had good post-operative recovery after extraction.
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12-14-2022, 01:16 AM
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Re: Stone Baby
Holy crap! I had no idea anything like this was possible. Fascinating ~ Thanks for sharing such an informative post!  |
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12-14-2022, 07:10 AM
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Re: Stone Baby
I wonder what it smells like. 
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12-14-2022, 07:28 AM
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Re: Stone Baby
She musthave known she was pregnant at one point five years ago. Did she think it just disappeared one night?
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12-15-2022, 04:47 AM
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Re: Stone Baby
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12-15-2022, 04:55 AM
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Re: Stone Baby
That happened to a cow we thought had quadruplets because she was so big.. no stone calf just one rotted and bloated up in there.. a country vet came out and cut it out apiece at a time with a special safety type knife.. it was ghastly, one whiff and I hung in there but I couldn’t have taken another holy smoke!
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