Pair of Fetuses Removed From 2-Month-Old Girl
Surgeons operated on a 2-month-old Pakistani girl to remove two fetuses that had grown inside her while she was still in the womb, a doctor said.
The infant, identified only as Nazia, was in critical condition after the two-hour operation at the Children’s Hospital at Pakistan Institute of Medical Science in the capital, Islamabad, said Dr. Zaheer Abbasi.
“Basically, it’s a case of triplets, but two of the siblings grew in the other,” he said.
Abbasi said surgeons removed the two partially grown fetuses, totaling about 2 pounds, that had died at about 4 months’ gestation.
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