Doctors Found 44 Year Old Fetus in an 84 year old Brazilian wom

• Posted by Laddu February 19, 2014 - Filed in Health - #44 year old Fetus  #84 year old woman  #Brazilian woman  - 1,169 views

  Doctors Found 44 Year Old Fetus in 84 year Old Woman...

   

  84 year old Brazilian woman went to the hospital for stomach pains and dizziness. Doctors observed and confirmed that she was carrying a "stone baby" that had calcified in her gut more than 40 years ago.

   

  

  
  This phenomenon happens when a fetus dies outside of the uterus and the body then covers it in calcium as a means of protection. According to the Sao Paolo Medical Journal, there have only been about 300 cases of "stone babies" reported world wide in 16th century.

  
  The woman said that she had been pregnant decades ago, but she lost the baby after suffering pain. She said she assumed it had been aborted when her stomach stopped growing and she couldn't feel the baby move anymore. Doctors believe this woman's baby died around 20 to 28 weeks into the pregnancy.

  
  And last December, another elderly woman in Colombia discovered a calcified baby in her abdomen. It was 40 years old and doctors removed it upon discovery.

  
  Doctors did not removed the latest stone baby, though. Because the elderly woman's health complications, she says she does not want the fetus removed. Doctors say they will keep a close eye on her health.