In one of the rarest cases of childbirth known to man, a 7-month-old infant gave ‘birth’ to her 130g undeveloped twin in the Indian state of Gujarat.
The parents of Prinsa Rathava had noticed the baby girl, now seven months, had a lump growing rapidly on her tiny body.
Her worried parents, Manisha and Motisingh Rathava, took her to the hospital where an operation was performed to remove the malformed foetus on February 19.
The condition, known as ‘foetus in foetu’ is so rare that only 200 cases have been reported worldwide.
The 130g foetus was removed from between Prinsa’s intestines and her kidneys and doctors who operated on her at Civil Hospital in Gujarat, India, said the child should grow into a healthy adult.
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Head of the department of pediatric surgery, Dr. Rakesh Joshi, said: “In this case, the undeveloped foetus had a normal vertebrae column, brain tissues, head, limb buds and an anal dimple.
The parents of the child noticed a lump like structure in the child but ignored it.
This happened when the child was five months old.
Since the lump was growing at an alarming rate, the parents got it checked in Baroda and then came to our hospital.
On February 15, the baby was admitted to our hospital. There will be no future complications in the case and she will grow up normally.
The surgery was tough as the undeveloped fetus was behind the intestine and between both the kidneys.
The formation is caused by the incomplete separation of twins, which fails to grow and instead becomes an internal part of the healthy twin.”
A team of six operated on Prinsa, including three senior anesthetists.
Only 200 cases have ever been reported, with an estimated 1 in 500,000 live births being born with this condition.
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