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- 9-year-old Girl's Twin Is Found Inside Her Stomach

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu May 15, 2008 9:28 AM EDT
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ATHENS, Greece — A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.

Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth they later discovered was an embryo about six centimeters (more than two inches) long.

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ShaunV
Andreas Markou, head of the hospital's pediatric department, said the embryo was a formed fetus with a head, hair and eyes, but no brain or umbilical cord.
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Reply#1 - Thu May 15, 2008 9:29 AM EDT
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Chum

Yikes. If I were the kid, I think I'd prefer not to have this information.

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Reply#2 - Thu May 15, 2008 9:40 AM EDT
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ShaunV
Yikes. If I were the kid, I think I'd prefer not to have this information.

Good point, Chum.

As an objective observer, though, I find it odd but fascinating.

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#2.1 - Thu May 15, 2008 9:47 AM EDT
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Meggy

Odd but fascinating is a good way to describe it. Though I think I would agree -- that's a bit much for a nine-year-old, and I'm the last person to underestimate kids. I hope they save this information for when she's a bit older.

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#2.2 - Thu May 15, 2008 10:05 AM EDT
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ShaunV
I hope they save this information for when she's a bit older.

Yes, and when she is in her 20s or so, she might find it fascinating, too.

Also, there may be a genetic component. Hence the information may be valuable medically.

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#2.3 - Thu May 15, 2008 10:07 AM EDT
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Proud American-252641

I have heard of this happening before. I agree that this info is better left for her when she is older. It makes you wonder if survivors guilt could become an issue.

Shaun, you can sure find them! :o) Have a great day.

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#2.4 - Thu May 15, 2008 10:15 AM EDT
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ShaunV
I have heard of this happening before

Yes, this is actually more common than we know. We just don't hear about it.

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#2.5 - Thu May 15, 2008 10:19 AM EDT
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Gwenny

My younger sister had an ovary removed in her mid 20s because it was the encysted remains of her twin. And there was that guy last year, in his 40s, who had been carrying his brother's bites in his abdomen. I wish they had used abdomen instead of stomach. That was just sloppy. The chances the fetus was actually in her STOMACH is pretty slim, isn't it?

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Reply#3 - Thu May 15, 2008 11:02 AM EDT
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ShaunV

Interesting info about your sister. That, too, is common from what I understand.

The chances the fetus was actually in her STOMACH is pretty slim, isn't it?

I don't know. It is my understanding that these tumors can form anywhere. The article doesn't clarify the exact location in a scientific way.

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#3.1 - Sun May 18, 2008 11:24 AM EDT
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caroaber

ARRGHH!!

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Reply#4 - Thu May 15, 2008 11:38 AM EDT
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Eddie French

I agree with Gwenny. The foetus would not have remained in the stomach for long. Still, it is a common occurrence. Ectopic pregnancies are pretty common too, and although these produce very different results, it is I think, a sort of similar problem.

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Reply#5 - Thu May 15, 2008 1:41 PM EDT
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Angel_C

ewww. I have heard of variations of this, too.

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Reply#6 - Thu May 15, 2008 3:30 PM EDT
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Jared Kardos

I'm sorry, but it needs to be said.

What the @!$%#?!

:O

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Reply#7 - Thu May 15, 2008 3:36 PM EDT
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Carole R

That it has taken 9 years to create an adverse effect on the host seems to be amazing too. Thank you for the seed Shaun.

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Reply#8 - Thu May 15, 2008 5:31 PM EDT
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himself

Uncanny... anyone who is familiar with the the animated series The Venture Bros. will find this story very amusing.

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Reply#9 - Thu May 15, 2008 7:18 PM EDT
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Laz6906

Enter Sigourney Weaver and you have the plot for Alien

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Reply#10 - Fri May 16, 2008 5:50 PM EDT
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ShaunV

Interesting, entertaining comments from all. Thanks, and I agree with all the reactions.

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Reply#11 - Sun May 18, 2008 11:26 AM EDT
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beling

Birth defect with twins. I wonder, if this 9 year old grows up and has twins of her own, what are the chances of her children going through the same thing? Knock on wood, but I hope her history doesn't repeat itself in her children. This is an Amazing article.

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