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Fetus <i>in fetu</i> and Teratoma


JPG Du Plessis
WS Winship
JDL Kirkstein

Abstract

A case is reported in which a fetus in fetu and a malignant teratoma were present within the same intraabdominal mass in a 6-month-old male infant. It is the first record of such an occurrence, and attention is drawn to the possible significance of this case, in view of the now rejected concept that a teratoma is the result of an abnormal process of twinning.

S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 2119 (1974)

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