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Baby born with ‘twin brother’ inside his stomach

The world witnessed a rare sight when an Indian baby was carrying twin in his stomach. The baby had a fetus a half-formed body of a boy with a complete brain, arms, and legs was discovered by the doctors inside the stomach of a baby when he was born.

The case is suspected to be ‘featus in fetu’ pregnancy, making it one out of 200 recorded worldwide.

A 7-centimeter mass was removed from the stomach of the baby through surgery. Dr Bhavna Thorat told she noticed it inside a fetal sac of the newborn during a routine scan in early July.

The problem was spotted in the scan but it came only true when the baby was born when another baby was seen inside the newborn’s abdomen.

The baby was taken to Thane Hospital for surgery to get the ‘twin’ removed. The newborn and his 19-year-old mother are in good health, doctors said.

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