bloodrayne
06-28-2005, 12:41 AM
Doctors Find Dead Fetus In Boy
Bangladesh - Doctors in Bangladesh say they have removed a long-dead fetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains.
They said the fetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb.
They said it was a case of an extremely rare condition where two fetuses are conceived as conjoined twins but one absorbs the other.
In 2003 Kazakhstan doctors removed a fetus from a seven-year-old boy.
Limbs Developed
Sixteen-year-old Abu Raihan was admitted to the Bangabandhu Medical University hospital in the capital, Dhaka on Saturday.
"After the operation we found a dead fetus weighing two kilograms (4.5lbs) in his abdomen," Doctor MA Mazid said, the AFP news agency reports.
"Apart from the head, all other limbs of the baby were developed."
The condition is known as "foetus in foeto", or inclusion twin.
"In this case the fetus of the baby entered into the fetus of the boy and continued to grow like a tumor in the boy's abdomen," gynocology specialists Nurun Nahar said.
Hundreds of curious locals flocked to the hospital on hearing a rumour that a boy had given birth to a baby.
In April, 2003, doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan discovered the dead fetus of a twin brother when operating on a seven-year-old boy.
The fetus had developed into a tumor but was found to have hair, nails and bones.
Bangladesh - Doctors in Bangladesh say they have removed a long-dead fetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains.
They said the fetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb.
They said it was a case of an extremely rare condition where two fetuses are conceived as conjoined twins but one absorbs the other.
In 2003 Kazakhstan doctors removed a fetus from a seven-year-old boy.
Limbs Developed
Sixteen-year-old Abu Raihan was admitted to the Bangabandhu Medical University hospital in the capital, Dhaka on Saturday.
"After the operation we found a dead fetus weighing two kilograms (4.5lbs) in his abdomen," Doctor MA Mazid said, the AFP news agency reports.
"Apart from the head, all other limbs of the baby were developed."
The condition is known as "foetus in foeto", or inclusion twin.
"In this case the fetus of the baby entered into the fetus of the boy and continued to grow like a tumor in the boy's abdomen," gynocology specialists Nurun Nahar said.
Hundreds of curious locals flocked to the hospital on hearing a rumour that a boy had given birth to a baby.
In April, 2003, doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan discovered the dead fetus of a twin brother when operating on a seven-year-old boy.
The fetus had developed into a tumor but was found to have hair, nails and bones.