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BBC NEWS | Health | Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother
by crankymessiah at 3:34 pm EDT, Apr 30, 2003 |
] A seven-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with
] stomach pains was actually "pregnant" with his twin
] brother.
]
] Doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan
] originally believed Mourat Zhanaidarov was suffering from
] a cyst.
]
] But during surgery, they discovered he was in fact
] carrying the dead foetus of his twin brother.
]
] The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to
] have hair, nails and bones. Freaky. |
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RE: BBC NEWS | Health | Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother
by flynn23 at 5:08 pm EDT, Apr 30, 2003 |
crankymessiah wrote:
] ] A seven-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with
] ] stomach pains was actually "pregnant" with his twin
] ] brother.
] ]
] ] Doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan
] ] originally believed Mourat Zhanaidarov was suffering from
] ] a cyst.
] ]
] ] But during surgery, they discovered he was in fact
] ] carrying the dead foetus of his twin brother.
] ]
] ] The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to
] ] have hair, nails and bones.
]
] Freaky. [HURL!] |
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BBC NEWS | Health | Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother
by Dr. Nanochick at 9:31 pm EDT, Apr 30, 2003 |
] Doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan
] originally believed Mourat Zhanaidarov was suffering from
] a cyst.
]
] But during surgery, they discovered he was in fact
] carrying the dead foetus of his twin brother.
]
] The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to
] have hair, nails and bones. ] Valentina Vostrikova, chief surgeon at Chimkent
] Children's Hospital, told the newspaper: "It was
] remarkable. For seven years it lived like a parasite
] inside the boy's body." umm....what? And um....yeah....how? |
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RE: BBC NEWS | Health | Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother
by Possum at 10:33 pm EDT, May 2, 2003 |
Nanochick wrote:
]
] umm....what? And um....yeah....how? I'd guess they were developing as a conjoined ("Siamese") twins but one failed to establish a working placenta. Thus without nourishment it didn't grow and was engulfed by its growing twin. |
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BBC NEWS | Health | Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother
by Rattle at 5:31 pm EDT, Apr 30, 2003 |
] Doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan
] originally believed Mourat Zhanaidarov was suffering from
] a cyst.
]
] But during surgery, they discovered he was in fact
] carrying the dead foetus of his twin brother.
]
] The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to
] have hair, nails and bones. ] Valentina Vostrikova, chief surgeon at Chimkent
] Children's Hospital, told the newspaper: "It was
] remarkable. For seven years it lived like a parasite
] inside the boy's body." |
Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother
by jessica at 7:40 am EDT, May 1, 2003 |
] A seven-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with
] stomach pains was actually "pregnant" with his twin
] brother.
]
] Doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan
] originally believed Mourat Zhanaidarov was suffering from
] a cyst.
]
] But during surgery, they discovered he was in fact
] carrying the dead foetus of his twin brother.
]
] The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to
] have hair, nails and bones. |
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