CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2019; 41(01): 059-061
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676038
Case Report
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Lithopedion in a Geriatric Patient

Andrés Ricaurte Sossa
1   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Universitario Departamental de Nariño, San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
,
Henry Bolaños
1   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Universitario Departamental de Nariño, San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
,
Andrés Ricaurte Fajardo
2   Medical School, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
,
Ángela Camila Burgos
3   Medical School, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
,
Valentina Garcia
2   Medical School, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
,
Paola Muñoz
4   Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario Departamental de Nariño, San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
,
2   Medical School, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
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Publication History

17 September 2018

02 October 2018

Publication Date:
12 December 2018 (online)

Abstract

Lithopedion (lithos = rock and paidion = child) is a rare condition that only occurs in 1.5 to 1.8% of extrauterine pregnancies and in 0.00045% of all pregnancies. It consists of an ectopic pregnancy in which the fetus dies but cannot be reabsorbed by the mother's body, which then coats it in a calcium-rich substance. We present the case of a 77-year-old woman with an incidental diagnosis of a lithopedion, which had been retained in her left pelvis for presumably 40 years.