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Title: Fetus in fetu : molecular analysis of a fetiform mass
Related: American journal of medical genetics. Part A, Vol. 47, Issue 3, (1993), p.333-341
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320470308
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date: 1993
Author/Creator: Hing, Anne
Author/Creator: Corteville, Jane
Author/Creator: Foglia, Robert P
Author/Creator: Bliss Jr., David P
Author/Creator: Donis-Keller, Helen
Author/Creator: Dowton, S. Bruce
Description: Fetus-in-fetu is a rare condition presenting as a calcified intra- abdominal mass in the newborn infant. Over 50 cases of fetus-in-fetu have been reported since 1800. Karyotype analysis in 8 cases and protein polymorphisms in 4 documented identical findings in the host and fetiform mass. We report a case of fetus-in-fetu in a newborn female including cytogenetic and molecular studies of both the host and mass. Genotypic information from 7 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays representing 4 chromosomes demonstrates heterozygous and identical alleles in the infant and fetus-in-fetu at all loci studied. A review of the literature is provided including a discussion regarding the impact of molecular data on present hypotheses of fetus-in-fetu pathogenesis.
Description: 9 page(s)
Subject Keyword: intra-abdominal mass
Subject Keyword: teratoma
Subject Keyword: twin
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Office of the Vice-Chancellor

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