There is little doubt that many cases of fetus in fetu reported were really dermoids of the scrotum.
Ward reports the successful removal of a dermoid cyst weighing 30 pounds from a woman of thirty-two, the mother of two children aged ten and twelve, respectively.

The report is briefly as follows: "The patient has always been in good health until within the last year, during which time she has lost flesh and strength quite rapidly, and when brought to my hospital by her physician, Dr.James of Williamsburg, Kansas, was quite weak, although able to walk about the house.

A tumor had been growing for a number of years, but its growth was so gradual that the patient had not considered her condition critical until quite recently.

The tumor was diagnosed to be cystoma of the left ovary.

Upon opening the sac with the trocar we were confronted by complications entirely unlooked for, and its use had to be abandoned entirely because the thick contents of the cyst would not flow freely, and the presence of sebaceous matter blocked the instrument.