Mum Laxshmi, 24, from Perugopannapalli village in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India delivered a baby naturally on November 25 at a government health center and was later moved to the Institute of Child Health (ICU) in Chennai.
This little boy from India was fully formed but had an additional set of arms and legs growing out of his belly. The pediatrician has described as a "rare case" -- the boy is fully-formed while his parasitic twin has its hands, legs, bladder, anus and excretory system intact. The twin's heart, kidneys and head are said to be missing.
The baby boy is now under medical observation in the neonatal intensive care unit at ICH and doctors are hoping to detach the limbs of the parasitic twin so that the fully-formed baby can grow into a normal toddler and have a glowing future.
Parasitic twins are usually the result of a delay in the separation of embryos during conception. They form when one embryo maintains a dominant development at the expense of the other and are most common is South East Asia, Brazil and Africa.
Source: Mirror
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