Fetus in fetu with jaundice- A rare presentation of a rare disease

Authors

  • Sifat Zereen Khan Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka.
  • Md Ashraf Ul Huq Professor & Head of Department, Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka.
  • Tahmina Hossain Associate Professor and Unit head of PSU IB, Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka.
  • Mohammed Moinul Huque Associate Professor & Unit Head PSU IVC, Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka.
  • Syed Md Adil Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka.
  • Sahadeb Kumar Das Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka.
  • H M Zafar Sharif Department of Pediatric Surgery, Khulna Medical College Hospital.
  • S M Shafiqul Alam Senior Consultant, Dept. of Anaesthesiology & ICU, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jpsb.v7i2.69626

Keywords:

Fetus in fetu, Obstructive jaundice in infant, Liver cirrhosis in infant

Abstract

Fetus and fetu is a rare mysterious medical phenomenon in which an acardiac fetiform mass is commonly located in abdomen of a neonate or infant. We report on a case of a 7 month-old girl with a gradually enlarging right upper abdominal mass and progressive jaundice, whose plain abdominal radiograph, ultrasonography, and computed tomography scan revealed a mass in which the contents favor a fetus in fetu. Obstructive jaundice was caused by billiary obstruction by FIF .

Journal of Paediatric Surgeons of Bangladesh (2016) Vol. 7 (2): 61-65

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Published

2018-11-09

How to Cite

Khan, S. Z. ., Huq, M. A. U. ., Hossain, T. ., Huque, M. M. ., Adil, S. M. ., Das, S. K. ., Sharif, . H. M. Z. ., & Alam, S. M. S. . (2018). Fetus in fetu with jaundice- A rare presentation of a rare disease. Journal of Paediatric Surgeons of Bangladesh, 7(2), 61–65. https://doi.org/10.3329/jpsb.v7i2.69626

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Case Reports

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