In a very outstanding and uncommon medical case, medical doctors in India efficiently eliminated a 30-pound parasitic twin from a teen boy’s abdomen, an underdeveloped twin that the boy might really feel each contact and ache from.
The unidentified 17-year-old from Uttar Pradesh, a northern Indian state, had a uncommon case of a parasitic twin protruding from his stomach. The underdeveloped twin, which consisted of two totally shaped legs, buttocks, and exterior genitalia, grew immediately from his physique.
A parasitic twin happens when one of many conjoined twins doesn’t totally develop contained in the womb. Conjoined twins are already extraordinarily uncommon, occurring in just one in 50,000 to 100,000 births, and parasitic twins are even rarer, with solely 40 documented circumstances up to now.
In a fancy surgical procedure carried out on the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi final month, medical doctors efficiently eliminated the remnants of the parasitic twin, providing the boy a “new world” after going through isolation and emotional stress attributable to his situation.
“I could not journey wherever or do any bodily exercise. Now a brand new world has opened earlier than me. I hope to check and get a job,” the boy advised Indian Specific.
When the affected person first introduced on the hospital, medical doctors fastidiously assessed how the parasitic twin was linked to the host physique. Detailed scans revealed that the dual was firmly connected to the teenager’s breastbone and was receiving blood from a vessel in his chest. Nonetheless, there have been no vital connections to important organs just like the liver or kidneys. The medical doctors additionally discovered a big cyst within the stomach.
The surgical procedure was carried out in two phases: first, eradicating the parasitic twin, after which extracting the cyst. The teenager’s blood strain dropped dangerously in the course of the surgical procedure, as 30-40% of his blood was being diverted to the parasitic twin. Nonetheless, the medical doctors had been well-prepared for this and shortly stabilized him.
“A mesh of shared blood vessels, nerves and tissues needed to be separated. Care needed to be taken to see that not one of the host’s organs or tissues had been broken,” Dr Asuri Krishna, who led the surgical workforce stated.
The teenager was discharged simply 4 days after the process, and he has since recovered with none problems.
