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case_images: (A) Abdominal computed tomography evidencing the mummified fetus (B) Computed tomography imaging of the abdomen with 3D reconstruction.
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case_images: Given that imaging findings were not conclusive, a contrasted abdominal CT was performed, revealing thickening of the ascending colon walls, signs of ileocolic intussusception and heterogeneous calcifications in the lower left pelvis compatible with a mummified fetus (Fig. 1).
case_images: Mummified fetus extracted during laparotomy.
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case_images: Therefore, laparotomy was performed finding a mummified fetus with 41 mm biparietal diameter (BPD), adhered to the greater omentum, which was dissected and extracted in block (Fig. 2).