Mediastinal fetus in fetu case report and embryological discussion

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 453-455

  Beaudoin, S ^a,b   Gouizi, G ^a   Mezzine, S ^a   Wann, A R ^a   Barbet, P ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Defective twinning; Fetus in fetu; Mediastinal mass

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS IN FETU; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TERATOMA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 4344617678     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078999     Document Type: Review

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