A new study has documented an extraordinary case of an 'intraventricular fetus-in-fetu', wherein an unborn fetus was removed from the head of its living twin. Find out more at 🚀 engineering interestingengineering
Such incidents have been reported in medical literature but are highly uncommon.
Fetus-in-fetu cases usually occur during the very early stages of twin pregnancy when the blastocyst, which is a cluster of dividing cells made by a, fails to separate properly. It results in one of the embryos being enveloped by the other. However, it is to be noted that the encased embryo does not die. Thanks to regular blood supply from the other twin, it remains "alive" but fails to develop.
"The conjoined parts develop into the forebrain of the host fetus and envelop the other embryo during neural plate folding," the researchers add. There is no mention of the one-year-old's recovery, as the case report is brief. Though a tough operation, previous cases have recorded full recovery. In one such study published in 1982, scientists at the London Hospital reported a 5.5-inch long fetus in a six-week-old child who had an enlarged head.How rare are these cases? One in every 500,000 births, reports say. They are mostly found within the bodies of live babies, making it uncommon to affect the brain.
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