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Doctors find fetus in teenagerıs stomach
Egypt, Local, 7/7/1997
A teenager who complained of stomach pains was found to have his underdeveloped twin fetus lodged above his abdomen where it had been slowly feeling off him for the past 16 years, medical sources said.
They said doctors found an 18-cm long fetus, weighing two kg, with a head, an arm, a tongue and fully-formed teeth when they operated on Hisham Ragab, 16, a building worker.
An x-ray had shown a swollen sac had been pressing against his kidneys. Medical examination of the teeth found in the fetal mouth cavity revealed that they were those of a 16-year old, indicating that the fetus had been feeding off Ragabıs cells for survival, medical sources said.
Doctors said the incident occurred because the fertilized ovum did not divide into two as it usually does in the case of twins. Instead of splitting apart, Ragab's underdeveloped twin had grown inside the originally fertilized ovum.
Occurrences of incomplete division are not uncommon, but it was the first time that doctors in Egypt had found such a resulting fetus, medical sources said.
Hospital official said Ragab was in good health and he would be released from hospital once he recovers from surgery.
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