Indian doctors remove rare parasitic twins from the baby’s stomach

Indian doctors successfully eliminated “parasitic twins”-two fruits that grew inside the abdomen of a 20-day baby.

Called fruit in foetu, the condition is extremely rare, with less than 200 cases It has been reported around the world so far, a handful of which have been in India.

The condition develops early in pregnancy when A malformed fruit is absorbed by the twin hostS Although the fruit is not alive, it continues to develop by absorbing nutrients from the hospitable twin.

In this case, the woman was pregnant with triplets and two of the fetus began to grow inside the baby’s belly.

“The surgery was challenging, but the baby is healthy and doing well,” said Dr. Anand Sinha, a pediatric surgeon who runs the operation in front of the BBC.

The baby was discharged from a hospital a month ago and there have been no complications so far, he added.

The doctor said the recovery period after surgery was crucial, as infection or other complications may be fatal to the child.

In 2024, a three -day baby in the town of Kolka Dies a day after I undergo surgery To remove two malformed fruits from his abdomen.

In the latter case, the parents acknowledged their 20-day baby at the Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gururgram in July.

“She had a bloated belly, she was irritable and unable to eat anything because the fetus waved the stomach,” said Dr. Anand.

Scanning showed two tumor forms inside her belly, which were actually the malformed fruits.

Dr. Anand said that the operation cannot be performed immediately as the baby is dehydrated, malnourished and must first be stabilized. Her condition improved after two days, and then a team of about 15 doctors performed the surgery.

“The operation took about two hours,” said Dr. Anand, adding that special equipment should be used because of the delicate, diminished growth of the baby.

In addition, since the fetus were attached to organs such as the liver, kidneys and intestines, they had to be derived with great care so that no organs or blood vessels were damaged.

“Throughout the surgery, the baby’s temperature was observed. We also had to make sure there was no too much blood loss,” said Dr. Anand.

Foetu’s fetus is often diagnosed during pregnancy, but D -Rine says that sometimes parasitic twins are found in adults if the condition remains undetected during early childhood.

He says that if it is not removed early, the malformed fruits continue to grow as the person ages. And while these fruits usually do not turn into cancer, they will probably create other problems for the individual, which will eventually lead to their discovery.

In February doctors removed two fruits from the abdomen On a three -day baby in Maharashtra.