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| Year : 2006 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 563-5 |
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Fetus in fetu or differentiated teratomas?
A Basu, S Jagdish, Krishnan R Iyengar, D Basu
Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry
Correspondence Address:
A Basu
Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry
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PMID: 17183856 
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Two cases of congenital teratoma were operated upon. In view of the high degree of organoid differentiation of the teratomas with rudimentary limbs, intestine, brain-like and pulmonary tissues, it was difficult to distinguish it from fetus-in-fetu. In the light of the data obtained and extensive review of related literature, we consider that fetus-in-fetu and teratoma may not be unrelated entities. Our cases support the view held that fetuses in fetu are highly differentiated teratomas. |
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