Fetus in Fetu - Diagnostic Criteria and Differential Diagnosis - A Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 616-618

  Brand, Ariane ^a,b   Alves, Maria Cecilia ^a   Saraiva, Carla ^a   Loío, Pedro ^a   Goulão, João ^a   Malta, João ^a   Palminha, J Martins ^a   Martins, Mena ^a  

^a Hospital de S Francisco Xavier ^*

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fetus in fetu; Monozygotic diamniotic twinning; Neontal abdominal mass

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AMNION; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 15; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJOINED TWINS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS IN FETU; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 9444273043     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.12.029     Document Type: Article

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