Manar Maged, her head wrapped in a heavy white bandage ... but could not sit or crawl because of the extra weight of the "parasitic" second head. The rare birth defect, craniopagus parasiticus ...

Images that appeared on the Internet in early 2005 were photographs of a 10-month-old Egyptian girl named Manar Maged who was born ... Often the second, undeveloped twin forms as an extra limb ...

A nurse holds an Egyptian baby named Manar Maged in a hospital in the city ... smiling and at ease in a cot with the dark-haired "parasitic" twin, attached at the upper left side of the girl's ...

Manar Maged was in serious but improving condition ... Manar was born a conjoined twin, but the twin had developed no body. The head that was removed from Manar was capable of smiling and blinking ...

An Egyptian baby who had surgery last month to remove the attached head of an underdeveloped twin came out of intensive care on Wednesday, one of her doctors said. Eleven-month-old Manar Maged was ...

Manar also has a healthy twin sister, Noora. "Manar Maged is in a stable condition _ no fever, no bleeding, no problems and no postsurgery complications," said Dr. Naseif Hefnawi, director of ...

Ten-month-old Manar Maged had the operation ... known as craniopagus parasiticus, Maged was born attached skull-to-skull to the head of an undeveloped twin. She remains in the intensive care ...

An Egyptian baby is recovering after a 13-hour operation to remove the head of a twin that failed to develop in the womb. Manar Maged, whose second head was able to blink and smile Ten-month old ...

A baby is recovering after undergoing a 13-hour operation to remove the head of a twin that failed to develop in the womb. Egyptian born Manar Maged was suffering from a very rare birth defect ...

This produces during pregnancy, a parasitic twin that never fully develops. This twin is usually grown on top of the fully developed child. Manar Maged (picture) was ten months old when it removed ...

Abla el-Alfy, a consultant in pediatric intensive care, told Reuters at the hospital in Benha, near Cairo, that Manar Maged was in ... with the dark-haired "parasitic" twin, attached at the ...

Manar Maged, who is now 11 months old, was born with craniopagus parasiticus, a very rare condition, which left her attached by the skull to the head of her underdeveloped twin. The twin could ...