Lithopedion : Her doctor thought it was a tumor until...

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Todays topic is Lithopedion also known as a "Stone baby".

"Litho”, the Greek prefix meaning stone, and “pedion”, the Greek suffix meaning “child,” creates a literal translation of Lithopedion as “stone child”, “Lithopedion or stone baby” is bony or calcified fetus resulting from an advanced ectopic pregnancy, which is a complication of pregnancy in which the embryo attaches outside the uterus

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