Lithokelyphopedion.

Authors

  • Carla Gonçalves Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Ana Pimentel
  • Sara Leitão
  • Rui M Santos
  • J Nascimento Costa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.479

Abstract

Lithopedions are extremely rare conditions. Less than 300 cases were described worldwide. We report a case occurring in a woman of 77 years of age, admitted with dehydration, urinary tract infection and infected limb pressure ulcers. She had been recently admitted in a Surgery ward for incarcerated umbilical hernia. At the time the abdominal examination revealed a mass with about 10 cm in diameter, with petrous consistency, adherent to the deep plans around the umbilical regium and the hypogastrium. This finding was interpreted as a probable left renal tumor. The abdominal X-ray revealed voluminous calcified mass and the CT-scan showed to be a lithokelyphopedion with about fifty years, of a full term pregnancy.

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Gonçalves C, Pimentel A, Leitão S, Santos RM, Costa JN. Lithokelyphopedion. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2011 Dec. 12 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];24(4):621-4. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/479

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Arquivo Histórico