Fetus-in-fetu: report of a case and a review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 943-946

  Escobar, Mauricio A ^a   Rossman, Jon E ^a   Caty, Michael G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal mass; Abnormal twinning; Fetus in fetu; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS IN FETU; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TERATOMA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 43249098583     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.01.061     Document Type: Article

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