The story of a woman in her 70s who has lived with a dead fetus in her womb for 35 years is a hot topic.



On the 26th local time, The Sun, UK, introduced the story of a grandmother who had been carrying a dead fetus for 35 years, saying that a very rare case of stone fetus had occurred in Algeria.



A 'seok fetus' refers to a fetus that died in the womb but was mummified because the fetus was too large to be absorbed into the body.



Fetuses that die in the womb are usually excreted from the body within a few days, but very rarely, they remain in the womb for a long time without labor and are absorbed into the mother's body.



However, if the fetus dies in a state of a certain size, it cannot be absorbed into the body and mummification proceeds in that state.



According to The Sun report, a 73-year-old woman of Algerian nationality went to a local hospital with sudden pain and found out that a stone fetus weighing about 2 kg was in her womb.



He had been holding a dead fetus weighing 2 kg for 35 years, and had no idea.



This was made possible because there was no pain during that time, so there was no difficulty in daily life.



"Since it's asymptomatic, most people don't do anything until they find a fetus," said Dr. Kim Garci, a Cleveland nonprofit medical organization.




Neil Resh Junancar, a laparoscopic surgeon, explained, "The fetus in the womb was causing an intestinal obstruction. Fortunately, the woman's uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes were all normal and were surgically removed."



Stone embryos were first discovered in France in 1582.



An autopsy of a woman named Colomb Shatri, who died at the age of 68 at the time, found a 28-year-old stone fetus.



In 2009, a 60-year-old stone embryo was found in the body of a 92-year-old Chinese woman, and in 2017, a 15-year-old stone embryo was also found in the body of a 52-year-old Indian woman who had an ectopic pregnancy.



On the other hand, it is a very rare case that only 300 cases have been reported around the world over the past 400 years.

In particular, it is known that the probability that an abdominal pregnancy will develop into a fetus is only 1.5% to 1.8%.



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(Photo=Captured from The Sun website, UK)