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Narendra Kumar had suffered from chronic stomach pains, vomiting and permanent weight loss since childhood until one day…
The 18-year-old was rushed to hospital with acute pain in abdomen and after thorough medical investigation was diagnosed with a rare condition called foetus in fetu. It means Narendra was born with a malformed twin brother inside his body, who had been feeding off him all his life.

Surgeons removed the growth, which measured 20cms in length
“The boy’s stomach grew, but his plight went undiscovered for years because neither his parents were of his medical condition nor the doctors could diagnose the condition at an early stage. Technically, the foetus was alive and was growing due to metabolic activity in his body.

X-rays revealed the growth, circled right, was what had been causing his bouts of sickness and weight loss
In the three hour-long surgery, we removed a mass of malformed baby having hair, teeth, a poorly developed head, a bony structure of chest and spine with lots of yellowish amniotic like fluid in the sac. We have witnessed two to three cases like this in India so far.”

Narendra, pictured with his father Prem Chandra, a farmer, who said it was a relief that his son was finally well
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