TV9 Discussion : "Calcified (Stone) Baby" Removed From a 72-Year-Old Woman's Womb - 3/4

TV9 Discussion : "Calcified Baby" Removed From a 72-Year-Old Woman's Womb - 40 Years Pregnancy - Lithopedion - Stone Baby - 3/4........, A lithopedion (Ancient Greek: λίθος = stone; Ancient Greek: παιδός = child), or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy,[1] is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside, shielding the mother's body from the dead tissue of the baby and preventing infection. Lithopedia may occur from 14 weeks gestation to full term. It is not unusual for a stone baby to remain undiagnosed for decades, and it is often not until a patient is examined for other conditions or a proper examination is conducted that includes an X-ray, that a stone baby is found. The oldest reported case is that of a 92-year old woman,[2] whose lithopedion has been present for upwards of 60 years. The condition was first described in a treatise by the physician Albucasis in the 10th century AD, but fewer than 300 cases have been noted in 400 years of medical literature. The earliest lithopedion is one found in an archaeological excavation, dated to 1100 BC. According to one report there are only 300 reported cases of stone baby in the world. On 04-Feb-2011, doctors in Andhra Pradesh, India removed a 35 year old stone baby from a woman.
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