The 52-year-old woman, from Nagpur, northern India, had aborted her pregnancy because but the baby had remained in her abdomen and it had turned into a calcified foetus.She had become aware of the "baby stone" when she decided to consult a doctor for her abdominal pain and nausea. She stopped menstruating 5 years ago, so she met with a specialist at the Junankar Surgical Home. In a 2-hour operation, the doctors managed to remove the calcified baby. Lithopedion as it is called in medical terms, is extremely rare.
Dr Nilesh Junankar said: “Her CAT scan showed intestinal obstruction, a blockage in her food pipe along with a stone like structure. Due to this unusual report, a laparoscopy was done and to our utter surprise, there was a four-month old baby in the abdomen. We were very shocked. It’s extremely rare.”
#Africa ... spill TEA.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorieDr Junankar added: “The chance of abdominal pregnancy is one in 11,000 pregnancies and only between 1.5 to 1.8% of abdominal pregnancies develop into Lithopedia.“We have removed the stone baby from woman’s body and her four feet intestines have also been removed.”
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