Sinha S, Sarin YK, Khurana N. Prenatally diagnosed retroperitoneal fetus-in-fetu with ipsilateral testicular atrophy: a case report.
J Neonatal Surg 2012;
1:41. [PMID:
26023400 PMCID:
PMC4420410]
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Abstract
We report a case of prenatally diagnosed Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) residing in the left retro-peritoneum in a 2-week-old neonate which was also associated with ipsilateral testicular atrophy. A comparison of features differentiating FIF from a retroperitoneal teratoma, and various theories of origin of FIF are described. The causal relationship of ipsilateral atrophic testis with FIF in this case is also discussed.
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