Saturday 29 November 2014

Foetus in fetu





I just saw this and I thought it was interesting so i decided to share. Have you ever heard of a condition called "Foetus in fetu"?. It occurs in 1 in 500,000 live births. I said live births because in most cases, when this kind of condition occurs, both babies die. The video above is that of Sanju Bhagat, a 36 year old Indian who had this condition. In 1999, he was taken to the hospital where the doctors diagnosed him and found out that had a massive tumor that put pressure on his diaphragm, making it difficult for him to breathe. During the surgery to remove the tumor, the surgeon put his hand in Sanju’s abdomen, and felt another tiny hand inside: Sanju’s dead twin...

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