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Can you tell me about lithopedion babies?
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A "stone baby" or : lithopedion usually happens in an abdominal ectopic pregnancy when a fetus that dies between 14 wks. - term is too big to be re-absorbed by mom's body. Mom's immune system treats it like a foreign body & encases it in layers of a calciferous substance to protect her from infection. It goes undetected for years. ~ 400 cases known since ~3,125 yrs. ago. www.doctorsreview.com/history/fetal-rock/
Answered 11/15/2015
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