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Lithopedion: laparoscopic diagnosis and removal
Natalie Z Burger1, Y Elizabeth Hung, Alexandra N Kalof
1Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA. natalie.burger@uvm.edu
Fertility and Sterility
|February 10, 2007
Abstract:
A lithopedion is an exceedingly rare obstetric phenomenon where the contents of an abdominal pregnancy calcify and become preserved. We present the case of a young woman undergoing laparoscopy for infertility during which a lithopedion was discovered.
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