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Highly differentiated teratoma and fetus-in-fetu: a single pathology?
P de Lagausie1, S de Napoli Cocci, N Stempfle
1Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, Hopital Robert Debre, Paris, France.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A case of sacrococcygeal teratoma is presented with characteristics of fetus-in-fetu. This pseudo-fetus presented a rudimentary single cavity heart, which beat at a different rate to that of the affected infant. X-ray examination showed no spinal column. This case confirms that fetus in fetu can be a remarkably complex, well-differentiated, highly organized teratoma.