In 1978, a 24-year-old pregnant woman from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh reportedly received the shocking news that she was suffering an ectopic pregnancy, in which the fetus grows outside the womb.
The pregnancy did not go to term, just as doctors predicted, and the woman was told to have surgery to remove the foetus.
Fearing the prospect of going under the knife, the woman, according to the Times of India, sought treatment at a health center in her village instead. After a few months, the pain faded.
Recently, the now 60-year-old woman reported suffering consistent pain in her abdomen. Doctors detected a lump and ran her through several tests, which ultimately revealed that the mass was a child's skeleton.
A team of surgeons from a hospital in Nagpur performed the rare procedure of removing the skeleton that had lived in the woman's body for 36 years.
The mass was found between the uterus, the intestines and bladder, densely stuck to all the organs.
'The amniotic fluid that protects the foetus might have been absorbed and the soft tissues liquefied over time with only a bag of bones with some fluid remaining,' Dr Shah said.
'For the last few months, the patient was experiencing pain and urinary problems with fever.
He said this was caused by the mass compressing the urinary system, compromising the functioning of the kidneys. FULL STORY
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