Doctor explains all after viral TikTok video sees woman discover 'stone baby' growing in abdomen

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In a truly unexpected scenario, one woman discovered a baby made of "stone" growing in her abdomen.The discovery has been brought to light after a doctor shared the story on TikTok, in a viral video. "A 73-year-old Algerian woman presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain. "They did studies of her abdomen and found she had a lithopedion.This is a foetus, who passed away 35-years earlier," the doctor explained.

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The doctor went on to ask his 4.6million followers if they were "ready to learn about stone babies." According to the social media star, who is known for his health videos, it happens when "a foetus dies during an abdominal ectopic pregnancy." He continued: "This is an incredibly rare type of ectopic pregnancy when the foetus grows outside the uterus.

If the deceased foetus is too large to be reabsorbed by the mother's body, it becomes a foreign body to the mother's immune system." As stated by the NHS, an ectopic pregnancy is "when a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes".