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The soul is bone
This is a lithopedion fetus that calcified and stayed in a womans abdomen for over 40 years. A lithopedion or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside, shielding the mother’s body from the dead tissue of the fetus and preventing infection. Lithopedia may occur from 14 weeks gestation to full term...