Mummyfied baby skeleton found in abdomen of 60 year old woman
By Vikas Vaidya:
A 60 year old woman who conceived in 1978, never delivered the baby which was dead. The doctors at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital had told her that it needed to be removed. She went absconding and the feotus remained in her body. Now, she suddenly suffered some pain and brought to NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences where, during diagnostic tests, the baby skeleton was detected in abdomen, and it was removed by a team of doctors.
A 60year old lady from MP,came to surgical Outpatient Department (OPD) of Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Hingna with a mass in her abdomen since last 2 months. After investigations it was found that she was having a mass containing a matured foetal bones encapsulated in a calcified sac.After obtaining detailed history her brother told that in 1978 she was full term pregnant and had some complications for which she was refered to Mayo or IGGMCH where doctors told that foetus might have died and she has to undergo an operation. But due to some reasons they took her back to their village and started some rural treatments. Gradually she got relief and she was fine after few months.Now since last few months she had pain and urinary problems with fever, she approached Lata Mangeshkar Hospital. After examining her, Dr.B.S.Gedam mentioned that it was an extrauterine pregnancy that's why she never delivered. Gradually the fluid might have been absorbed and the soft tissues liquified and what remained only was a bag of bones with some fluid. Dr.MD.Yunus stated that the mass was densly adherent to the intestines and the urinary bladder.The operation lasted for almost 4 hours but with patience doctors could remove it completely. Dr.Ranjana Deshmukh and her team managed the aneasthesia succesfully. Patient recovered well. Dr M.Akhtar.HOD surgery and Dr.S.Dasgupta Dean.NKPSIMS, congratulated the team. Such type of case is not reported in the medical literature, said Dr Yunus.The team has Dr Md Yunus, Dr B S Gedam, Dr Shahaji Deshmukh, Dr Ajit Gujela, Dr Irfan Ansari, Dr Saurabh Kate.
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