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Scan reveals 30-year-old calcified fetus in 73-year-old woman's body
2026-02-22 22:02:59 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE
Have you heard of the rare medical phenomenon known as "lithopedia," where a fetus dies in the womb and calcifies over time?
On June 25, "Non Aesthetic Thing" with 4.8 million followers shared a "CT scan of a calcified fetus" on the X platform and said it had been present for about 30 years.
The post by “Non Aesthetic Things,” accompanied by the CT scan, read: “This CT scan belongs to a 73-year-old woman, in whom doctors discovered a 30-year-old calcified fetus.”
The presence of a calcified fetus for 30 years is a rare phenomenon, which can provide valuable insights for medical professionals.
Interestingly, back in 2013, ABC News reported that an 82-year-old Colombian woman was shocked when she went to the doctor for pelvic pain and was told that the pain was caused by a 40-year-old 'stone' fetus.
Dr. Kim Garcsi of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland was quoted as saying that "the condition was so rare, it has only been recorded about 300 times in the medical literature."
Dr. Garcsi explained that lithopedion is created when the pregnancy forms in the abdomen rather than the uterus.
When a pregnancy fails, usually because the fetus doesn't have enough blood supply, the body has no way to expel it.
As a result, the body turns the fetus into stone, using the same immune process that protects the body from any foreign object detected in the human system.
Dr. Garcsi said it may seem strange, but this process is constantly used in the body to maintain health.
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