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Sep 10, 2009
Girl, 1, has baby in stomach
Doctors discovered a foetus inside Kang Mengru's (left) stomach, which they believed to be Mengru's parasitic twin. -- PHOTO: HARIAN METRO
BEIJING - CHINESE doctors were shocked when they discovered a one-year-old girl was carrying a baby in her stomach.
According to media outlets on Wednesday, Kang Mengru, 1, worried her parents and doctors after her belly became grossly enlarged.
After a CT scan was done, the doctors were amazed to discover a foetus inside the little girl's stomach.
The foetus is believed to be Mengru's parasitic twin, the result of one twin embryo not fully separating from the other.
Mengru has been hospitalised and is waiting for an operation to have the foetus removed, reported news.com.au.
Sep 10, 2009
Girl, 1, has baby in stomach
Doctors discovered a foetus inside Kang Mengru's (left) stomach, which they believed to be Mengru's parasitic twin. -- PHOTO: HARIAN METRO
BEIJING - CHINESE doctors were shocked when they discovered a one-year-old girl was carrying a baby in her stomach.
According to media outlets on Wednesday, Kang Mengru, 1, worried her parents and doctors after her belly became grossly enlarged.
After a CT scan was done, the doctors were amazed to discover a foetus inside the little girl's stomach.
The foetus is believed to be Mengru's parasitic twin, the result of one twin embryo not fully separating from the other.
Mengru has been hospitalised and is waiting for an operation to have the foetus removed, reported news.com.au.
