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Case Reports
. 2016 Dec 8:25:230.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.230.10857. eCollection 2016.

[Momified abdominal pregnancy]

[Article in French]
Abdi Ahmed Bonahy  1 , Houssam Sabbah  2 , Ahmed Baba Abdeljelil  1 , Moubarak Mahmoudi  2
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Case Reports

[Momified abdominal pregnancy]

[Article in French]
Abdi Ahmed Bonahy et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract
in English, French

Lithopedion is a retained abdominal pregnancy that evolves to fetal death and calcification. Its management remains uncodified. Indeed, some authors recommend surgical treatment, while others recommend to wait. We report the case of a 46-year old woman presenting with a pelvic mass revealing a calcified abdominal pregnancy that had been evolving for 8 years.

Le lithopédion est une grossesse abdominale ancienne arrêté et calcifié. La prise en charge, elle reste non codifiée. En effet, si certains auteurs préconisent un traitement chirurgical, d'autres l'expectative. Nous rapportons une observation concernant une femme de 46 ans se présentant pour une masse pelvienne révélant une grossesse abdominale calcifiée évoluant depuis 8 ans.

Keywords: Lithopedion; abdominal pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Les auteurs ne déclarent aucun conflit d'intérêt.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Scanner abdominale, masse calcifiée avec des membres embryonnaires
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pièce opératoire (lithopedion)
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