the World Health Organisation classified it as a
type of cancer. A baby girl was born in 2010
and found to be pregnant with twins in Hong
Kong. The girl who was born in Queen Elizabeth
Hospital had to undergo surgery at just three
weeks old to remove them.
The extraordinary goggling incident was detailed in the
latest edition of the Hong Kong Medical Journal .
According to the report, the condition which is known as
foetus in foetu occurs in just one in 500,000 births in
the world.
The 10-week old gestated foetuses had legs, arms, a
spine, rib cage, intestines and were also covered in
skin.
Both foetuses which had umbilical cord, weighed 14.2
grammes and the other 9.3 grammes .
The surgery was successful and the girl was discharged
from hospital eight days later.
According to UK Mirror, it is believed that this case is
the first to be documented in the city.
“It was almost impossible to detect during the prenatal
check-up, as the embryo inside the baby was too
small,” Dr Yu Kai-man , a specialist in obstetrics and
gynaecology, said.
“Since it is impossible for the little girl to have
conceived the pregnancy on her own, the fertilisation of
the twin fetuses, of course, belongs to her parents,
which has gone to the wrong place,” said Yu, a former
professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong.
According to report, the cause of this abnormality has
not been determined but the World Health Organisation
classified it as a type of cancer and suggested it was
possibly linked to the mother having multiple abortions.
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