Nine-Inch ‘Parasitic Twin’ to Be Removed From Toddler’s Stomach
- Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:43pm by
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3-year-old found to have parasitic twin in his stomach.
LIMA, Peru (The Blaze/AP) — Doctors in Peru have found a “parasitic twin” in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue, which includes some hair on the cranium, eyes and some bones, on Monday.
Dr. Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at Las Mercedes Hospital in the northern port of Chiclayo says the condition occurs in about one of every 500,000 live births.
This X-ray revealed tissues of the parasitic twin.
He says the partially formed fetus weighs a pound and a half (700 grams) and is nine inches (25 centimeters) long.
Watch this news report about the boy:
Astocondor says the brain, heart, lungs and intestines never developed after the fetus was absorbed by the other fetus inside the mother’s womb.
[H/T Huffington Post]
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MittensKittens
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 6:35pmDoctors in Peru have found a “parasitic twin” in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy.
It took them 3 years to figure that out? Don‘t think I’ll seek medical attention in Peru anytime soon!
Report Post »jaylew
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:50pmYou should what‘s growing inside Henry Waxman’s snout holes. Thankfully next year….Obamacare will cover the Lawn Doctor bill and the replacement nylon cord for the weed whacker.
Report Post »jaylew
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:47pmSee what food stamps do?
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:46pmPoor kid. I hope he does OK. After that, they need to go to Washington and remove 170 pounds of fecal matter from the oval office!
Report Post »guitarguytim
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 12:31pm“I have the strength of a man and a baby!”
Report Post »rdietz7
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:57amDouble mint gum!
Report Post »Gumbercules
Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:47amHA! Very funny
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:56amId like the trillion dollar parasite removed from my back.
Report Post »Just in time
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 3:34pmYes, yes,yes. AMEN BROTHER
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:55amI actually wouldn’t have know anything about this….but I had a litter of pups once and one of the pups had the same thing on the top of her head.
Vet. removed it……and all was fine. It is very bizarre.
Hoping the best for this little boy.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:55amReported.
Report Post »The Monkey King
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:08pmI enjoy a little dark humor as much as the next guy, but does anyone think y’all (with the exception of Chiefgeorge) are being a little heartless? I hope God walks with this little one. I stand with you, kiddo. Be strong.
Report Post »Squatcher76
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:42pmQuaid….start the reactor!
Report Post »Squatcher76
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:56pmSeriously though, that really sucks for this kid.
Report Post »smartass
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:25pmI wonder what the Sky Wizard over in the Vatican thinks about all this. This may be an abortion and everyone involved will go to hell and burn forever and ever.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 5:57amsky wizard mucked up the development program.. teeth in the stomach eh? prob shouldn’t be hitting the bottle when making humans.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 6:49amYour hatred is showing.
Report Post »jeanr
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:24pmWay to stay classy, Blaze.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:42pmAnd you for reading it.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:20pmBO must be the parasitic twin of a living miscarriage living high on the hog of America!!!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:26pmThe parasite probably looks like a newt.
Report Post »Collbuzz
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:19pmThe x-ray is shown backwards, ot the poor kid has dextrocardia too. Hope he does o.k.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:08pmA parasitic twin. Wow. It’s like having a Democrat in your belly, feeding off you.
Report Post »lanurse1
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:14pmLmao :)
Report Post »TxSon
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:26pmThank God it wasn’t parasitic triplets. It would be like having an OWS rally in his stomach.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:41pmI saw an account on TV a few years ago where a boy had a Parasitic Twin growing inside his skull. Thankfully, the operation was successful.
Report Post »NebFrmr
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:36pmIf this is true, it’s sad. What I don’t understand is why this is news for The Blaze? I swear that The Blaze seems to be morphing into a gross tabloid rag. Sad to see.
Report Post »Montereyzman
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:59pmI agree …
Report Post »Misha
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:04pmYep.
Report Post »LauraJanesMom
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:24pmI agree, some of the articles are like the supermarket papers. Glenn, please keep an eye on the so it doesn’t become cheapened but will remain high quality. We can get this stuff standing in line at the market.
Report Post »NoNannyState4me
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:39pmLmao! Pots and kettles all over this site.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:41pmAnd yet you all read and comment?.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 6:53amI expect it was intended to elicit a discussion on whether this is abortion or not.
Report Post »It is certainly a bizarre situation. But, what makes it bizarre is its rarity. If it were a frequent/commonplace occurrence, it would not seem ‘freakish’ or bizarre to us.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:35pmWe found Pelosi’s soul. That poor child.
Anyone see the movie Alien?
Report Post »teebubba
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:33pmWill this condition be called “peruvian twin” from now on?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:55pmAt two per million there are oh….twelve thousand people who have had this condition currently alive on the planet….SOooo no.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:27pmNever heard of this before. Very wierd. If a fetus absorbs another fetus is that cannibalism? I assume it’s dead right? Is it rotting? Is it alive? Not much info on this….
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:21pmWhen a woman is pregnant with twins and one dies, it is not abnormal for the live baby to absorb the dead one. My neighbor had this happen, not parasitic, but when one baby died, the other somehow absorbed it. I think it is natures way of making sure the other baby does not die also, which is the case in most instances.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:24pmI wish the boy well and may the Lord be with him.
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:24pmA Liberal twin?
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:25pmNo! A literal twin.
Report Post »Scarlett_0hara
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:48pmI think HTUTTLE means LIBERAL as in PARASITIC
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