Paul Mukisa was born in a small Ugandan village in May with eight limbs -- parts of his "parasitic twin." Doctors now say the young boy is doing well after enduring a three-hour surgery to remove ...

“We have not had a prior experience with a parasitic twin but we work on many other children with multiple complex multi-organ congenital anomalies such as intestinal, urologic, cardiac, and ...

“We have not had a prior experience with a parasitic twin but we work on many other children with multiple complex multi-organ congenital anomalies such as intestinal, urologic, cardiac, and ...

Foetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital anomaly where a malformed parasitic twin develops inside the body of its normally developed twin, essentially forming a "foetus in within a fetu ...

Doctors in India have successfully removed a 16kg ‘parasitic twin’ from a teenage boy following an intensive surgical procedure.

A 1-year-old girl had the fetus of her absorbed twin inside her brain for the first year of her life. Doctors removed the parasitic twin.

A 1-year-old girl had the fetus of her absorbed twin inside her brain for the first year of her life. Doctors removed the parasitic twin.

Doctors decided the parasitic twin needed to be removed for the health of the 1-year-old. What they removed was a fetus, about 10 centimeters long, with the beginning formations of arms and hands.

Congenital anomalies in twins occur nearly twice as often as in singletons. Moreover, the prevalence of congenital anomalies in monochorionic twins is nearly twice that of dichorionic pairs. 1 ...

LIMA, Peru - Doctors in Peru have found a "parasitic twin" in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue Monday. Dr. Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at Las ...

Unless there are other congenital abnormalities, or the heart is burdened by an unusually aggressive parasite, the children in question tend to be perfectly normal.

A parasite fetus is a rare congenital abnormality where a malformed and parasitic fetus develops on the body of its twin.