Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man.
Fetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly in which a malformed fetus grows within the body of its twin. It was first described in the late 18th century and has an incidence of 1:500,000 live births. The diagnosis is established in infancy or young adults in most cases. The oldest patient repo...
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| author | Rodrigo Piltcher-da-Silva Vivian Laís Sasaki Mariana Piltcher-Recuero Matheus Antonio Chiconelli Zangari João Rafael Bora Ruggeri Luiz Francisco Cravo Bettini Carlos Henrique Trippia Alexandre Alessi Júlio Cezar Uili Coelho Raul Alberto Anselmi Junior |
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| description | Fetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly in which a malformed fetus grows within the body of its twin. It was first described in the late 18th century and has an incidence of 1:500,000 live births. The diagnosis is established in infancy or young adults in most cases. The oldest patient reported so far was a 47-year-old patient. We described the case of a 65-year-old patient with FIF, the oldest reported in the literature. Our patient meets all criteria for the diagnosis of FIF, with the presence of a limb in advanced formation inside the lesion. The treatment was surgical excision. FIF must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an abdominal mass, typically recognized in infancy. Symptoms arise from the mass effect and treatment is surgical resection due to the potential for malignancy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4852a2a18e574052a8b43f6ad0ba82372022-12-22T01:32:58ZengHospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)Clinical and Biomedical Research2357-97302022-07-01422101783Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man.Rodrigo Piltcher-da-Silva0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8726-3158Vivian Laís Sasaki1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-1492Mariana Piltcher-Recuero2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3396-014XMatheus Antonio Chiconelli Zangari3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-9340João Rafael Bora Ruggeri4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-9745Luiz Francisco Cravo Bettini5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9452-8468Carlos Henrique Trippia6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-5620Alexandre Alessi7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-1372Júlio Cezar Uili Coelho8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7622-8592Raul Alberto Anselmi Junior9https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3126-1396Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.Fetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly in which a malformed fetus grows within the body of its twin. It was first described in the late 18th century and has an incidence of 1:500,000 live births. The diagnosis is established in infancy or young adults in most cases. The oldest patient reported so far was a 47-year-old patient. We described the case of a 65-year-old patient with FIF, the oldest reported in the literature. Our patient meets all criteria for the diagnosis of FIF, with the presence of a limb in advanced formation inside the lesion. The treatment was surgical excision. FIF must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an abdominal mass, typically recognized in infancy. Symptoms arise from the mass effect and treatment is surgical resection due to the potential for malignancy.https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/121588 |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Piltcher-da-Silva Vivian Laís Sasaki Mariana Piltcher-Recuero Matheus Antonio Chiconelli Zangari João Rafael Bora Ruggeri Luiz Francisco Cravo Bettini Carlos Henrique Trippia Alexandre Alessi Júlio Cezar Uili Coelho Raul Alberto Anselmi Junior Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man. Clinical and Biomedical Research |
| title | Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man. |
| title_full | Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man. |
| title_fullStr | Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man. |
| title_short | Retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65-year-old man. |
| title_sort | retroperitoneal fetus in fetu in a 65 year old man |
| url | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/121588 |
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