Xiao Feng a 2 year old baby boy in Huaxi,china had to undergo an operation to ‘give birth’ to his own parasitic twin after doctors discovered the foetus. The boy was taken to the hospital after his parents noticed he had a bloated stomach and was having trouble breathing.The foetus measured 20 cm in width and had a fully formed spine and limbs, including fingers and toes.Experts believe that the parasitic twin would have killed Xiao if it had been left untreated.
Identical twins are formed when an egg splits in half after fertilisation, but conjoined twins are formed when it fails to fully separate.Conjoined twins can survive as ‘parasites’ but not when one is absorbed into the other twin.
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