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Indian baby born with an additional head attached to its stomach
It was feeding off of her blood supply - depriving her of vital nutrients needed for her healthy development, surgeons said.
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As well as being born with an extra head, which had no ears and eyes due to being partly developed, the infant also had a third hand.
It was feeding off of her blood supply - depriving her of vital nutrients needed for her healthy development, surgeons said.
As well as being born with an extra head, which had no ears and eyes due to being partly developed, the infant also had a third hand.
An unnamed 21-year-old woman presented herself to doctors at the Ram Snehi Hospital, in Jahazpur, after experiencing pain during her pregnancy.
She was immediately referred for a sonography scan and an ultrasound and were told that she was carrying twins – but were unaware they would be parasitic.
Unlike conjoined twins, one is incompletely formed or wholly dependent on some bodily functions of the complete foetus.
Parasitic twins are usually a result of a delay in the separation of embryos during conception.
They are formed when one embryo maintains a dominant development at the expense of the other.
Cases of parasitic twins are rare and believed to account for just one per one million live births, according to medical literature.
Dr Vijiyeta Garg, a gynaecologist who looked after the woman, assured the family that both mother and child could be saved.
However, her 24-year-old husband, who works as a farmer, insisted that her life was a priority and the baby should come second.
