Fetus in fetu: A rare differential diagnosis for an antenatally identified ultrasonographic intra-abdominal mass

• Main Authors: Athiya Perveen Kazia (Author), Shirbin Joe Mathews (Author), Priya Poickattusseril Vasu (Author), Sajitha Krishnadas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Fetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly in which a parasitic fetus is trapped inside the body of its twin. The incidence is 1 in 500,000 births. Initially, considered as a mature teratoma, it was later identified as a separate entity due to the presence of an axial skeleton and...