Man Carried Fetus of Twin for 36 Years

[Jenn! 918]

NAGPUR, India, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Doctors in India say an abdominal tumor in a 36-year-old man turned out to be the fetus of the man's twin brother.

Sanju Bhagat told ABC Primetime's "Medical Mysteries" he'd felt self-conscious his whole life about his big stomach. In 1999, the farmer from Nagpur, India, was rushed to the hospital because he couldn't breathe. Doctors thought he might have a giant tumor, so they decided to operate.

Dr. Ajay Mehta of Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombay said he found a fetus inside Bhagat's stomach. It turned out to be the mutated body of Bhagat's twin brother.

Bhagat, they discovered, had a rare condition called fetus in fetu that occurs when a fetus gets trapped inside its twin. The trapped fetus forms an umbilical cordlike structure that leaches its twin's blood supply until it grows so large that it starts to harm the host, the TV program reported.

Mehta said there are fewer than 90 cases of fetus in fetu recorded in medical literature.

[JenT 0]

I have no words....

[Ban Hammer 14,078]

interesting - another strange story out of india. i'd posted one earlier this week about a guy from india having a um....birth defect

makes me wonder what's in that coke and pepsi they sell over there

[Alex+R 0]

My whole office stopped working for like 5 minutes to talk about this once I announced it, hehehe.

[Jenn! 918]

interesting - another strange story out of india. i'd posted one earlier this week about a guy from india having a um....birth defect

makes me wonder what's in that coke and pepsi they sell over there

Was that the one where he had two schlongs?

My whole office stopped working for like 5 minutes to talk about this once I announced it, hehehe.

Yes, it's pretty unusual to say the least. Definitely water cooler material!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I feel quesie...

Edited August 25, 2006 by Steven_and_Jinky

[Jenn! 918]

Thanks, Steven!

[MHandMB 0]

That's seriously disturbing. Can you imagine how that man must feel to know he had that in his body this whole time?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

interesting - another strange story out of india. i'd posted one earlier this week about a guy from india having a um....birth defect

makes me wonder what's in that coke and pepsi they sell over there

coke in India

[almaty 19]

NAGPUR, India, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Doctors in India say an abdominal tumor in a 36-year-old man turned out to be the fetus of the man's twin brother.

Sanju Bhagat told ABC Primetime's "Medical Mysteries" he'd felt self-conscious his whole life about his big stomach. In 1999, the farmer from Nagpur, India, was rushed to the hospital because he couldn't breathe. Doctors thought he might have a giant tumor, so they decided to operate.

Dr. Ajay Mehta of Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombay said he found a fetus inside Bhagat's stomach. It turned out to be the mutated body of Bhagat's twin brother.

Bhagat, they discovered, had a rare condition called fetus in fetu that occurs when a fetus gets trapped inside its twin. The trapped fetus forms an umbilical cordlike structure that leaches its twin's blood supply until it grows so large that it starts to harm the host, the TV program reported.

Mehta said there are fewer than 90 cases of fetus in fetu recorded in medical literature.

just effing wrong

[samir_shannon 0]

i actually have heard of this before................... all i can say is GROSS

[Scott & Lai 12]

There was an X-Files episode about that sort of thing....

[Bosco 1]

There was a woman in Morocco that kept a baby inside her for more than 40 years. It was featured on one of the health channels. The baby calcified and became like stone.

There are pictures if you are interested here

[CanGal 1]

I saw this episode as well! It was kind of disturbing, very strange. I guess it made sense that it could happen because it did happen. I just thought it was a little freaky...

[Henia 11]

Huh?