bonnie Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 40-Year-Old Fetus Found Inside Elderly Woman 12/12/2013 11:38 am EST | A Colombian woman who went to a hospital in Bogota, complaining of stomach pains, got the surprise of her life when doctors saw an X-ray and discovered a 40-year-old calcified fetus -- or lithopaedian -- inside her 82-year-old body. Lithopaedian, also known as stone baby, is a very rare syndrome that happens when the fetus grows outside the uterus and inside the abdomen. Indeed, the phenomenon occurs only once in every 11,000 pregnancies. If the fetus becomes so large that it cannot be absorbed back into the body, it mummifies, with a layer of calcium protecting the mother's body from the dead tissue of the baby. Usually the woman has no idea a calcified fetus is inside her. The Colombian woman will now undergo surgery so that the fetus can be removed. In another case, in 2009, Huang Yijun, 92, of southern China, delivered a child which she’d been carrying for more than half a century. At the time, Dr Natalie Burger, an endocrinologist and fertility specialist in Texas, explained that lithopaedions began as ectopic pregnancies -– a condition where the fertilized egg becomes stuck as it travels to the womb and develops outside of the uterus. She told NBC News: “Usually an ectopic pregnancy will mean a [fallopian] tubal pregnancy, but in a small percentage of cases, the pregnancy can actually occur in the abdominal cavity -- in places like the bowel, the ovary, or even on the aorta. “These are very rare locations and they can be very dangerous.” Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
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bonnie Posted December 14, 2013 Author Posted December 14, 2013 Is that even possible? I guess so!! Wow! It is, as hard as it is to believe.I have watched several documentaries Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
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