Fetus-in-fetu presenting as cystic meconium peritonitis: Diagnosis, pathology, and surgical management

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 721-723

  Khadaroo, Rachel G ^a   Evans, Mark G ^a,b   Honore, Louis H ^a   Bhargava, Ravi ^a   Phillipos, Ernest ^a  

^a N   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal mass; Cystic meconium peritonitis; Fetus in fetu; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TERATOMA;

EID: 0034015364     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2000.6037     Document Type: Article

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