FOETUS OR FETUS

Harlequin ichthyosis (or harlequin fetus)

The pat ient was a female neonate bor n prematurely on 36 weeks of gestation by normal vaginal delivery. During pregnancy, mother had no history of fever, drug use or x-ray exposure. The mother was gravida 2 and had no history of abortion. Her first baby was well. On physical examination, the skin was markedly thickened, hard and hyperkeratotic with deep crevices running transversely and vertic...

Harlequin foetus.

Foetus in Foetu.

Foetus in foetu, a descriptive term attributed to Meckel (circa 1800), should be applied only to those rare cases where a parasitic twin is found included within the abdomen of its partner. Lord (1954; 1956) reported two definite cases and reviewed other possible cases. In contrast, the variety of teratoma which occurs in the retroperitoneal space is much less defined. Since the description of ...

Foetus in Foetu

Foetus in foetu, a descriptive term attributed to Meckel (circa 1800), should be applied only to those rare cases where a parasitic twin is found included within the abdomen of its partner. Lord (1954; 1956) reported two definite cases and reviewed other possible cases. In contrast, the variety of teratoma which occurs in the retroperitoneal space is much less defined. Since the description of ...

Foetus acardius amorphus.

drug retention at a time when her dietary intake was below the level of 400 ,zg folic acid-the level shown by Kahn to be necessary to counteract co-trimoxazole antagonism of folic acid. In addition to these factors, however, it may be expected that her folic acid consumption was much higher than normal as she had evidence of a significant haemolytic anaemia. It is well known that a haemolytic a...