91歲大住在智利的Estela Meléndez,多年來在腹部一直有個小凸塊!
![This is 91-year-old Estela Meléndez, of La Boca, Chile. For many years she had a lump in her belly, but thought nothing of it.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/enhanced-17315-1438967407-2.png)
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最近,患有骨質疏鬆症的Estela不小心滑了一跤,到了醫院就診,一照X光就發現了腹部有一大塊不明物體,還以為是什麼嚴重病症!
![After a recent fall, Meléndez, who has arthritis, decided to get some X-rays done. When doctors initially found a mass, they thought it was something serious.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/enhanced-21323-1438969292-10.png)
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當時,醫生就跟Estela說她腹部有腫瘤,應該要盡快開刀才行!
再多照了一次X光確認時,醫生這才發現這根本不是腫瘤,而是個胎兒!而最驚人的是,這個胎兒竟在她腹中待了長達60年的時間!
![After ordering another X-ray, the doctors discovered that the mass wasn't a tumor, but a fetus. The doctors also determined that Meléndez has had the fetus in her uterus for over six decades.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/edit-26059-1438970490-9.jpg)
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為什麼會這樣勒?!醫生認為這大概是胎兒石化的現象所致,簡單來解釋,就是胎兒在懷孕期間死亡並因為體積太大,無法由身體自行吸收最後就鈣化了!一旦鈣化,這個胎兒就對媽媽的身體來說沒有任何威脅性!
![This is probably due to a phenomenon known as lithopedion, in which a fetus dies during pregnancy and calcifies because it's too large to be absorbed by the body. Once calcified, the fetus poses no immediate risk to the mother.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/enhanced-23732-1438971502-1.jpg)
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這次驚人的意外發現剛好就在Estela結婚74年的老公過世幾個月後的時間。Estela也告訴媒體說,無法生育對他們夫婦來說一直都是人生中的一大缺憾!
![This discovery comes just months after Meléndez's husband of 74 years, Manuel González, died in January. Meléndez told CNN that not having children was one of the couple's greatest regrets.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/enhanced-26943-1438969388-1.png)
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最後,由於發現並不是腫瘤而是石化的胎兒,這樣對Estela來說不取出也沒有大礙,更何況以她的年紀來說,動刀才是真正危險的啊!
![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grid-cell-19191-1438976137-2.jpg)
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![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grid-cell-19191-1438976138-5.jpg)
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她說,這個凸塊有時候是會造成一點疼痛感沒錯,但是一想到這原本可以是個與丈夫孕育新生命的機會,這破碎的夢才是最痛的啊!
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聽完她的故事,真有點心酸啊!想了解更多的話,這裡還有完整的訪問片段喔,一起來看看!
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來源:BuzzFeed | CNN
看完這個,再來看看這10個英國的木乃伊,裡面也有一個是石化的胎兒喔!
(往下還有更多精彩文章!)