Internal Twin?

[Birt]

Hi
Not sure which subject this is under but here goes.
Can anyone remeber a programme about a guy in india who had a "twin" growing inside him. I think it was some kind of Siamese twin condition but his "clone" or "twin " was actuially inside his body. Can anyone tell me the correct name for this condition?

[rom]

TERRANOMA is the name

[warpig1]

Vaguely recall the programme but can't remember the name. However Andy Garcia the actor was born with a conjoined twin which was no bigger than a tennis ball and was surgically removed at birth, so is conjoined the term you are looking for?

[Birt]

No,warpig its a condition where the twin grow inside you and acts like a parasite. Im sure its got a specific name.


Thanks Rom but i cant find that word anywhere on the net so not sure if spelt right or not

[MiniN]

Was it the same documentary that featured the indian lady of 80+years who had bee 'pregnant' for 50+years?

[Carakeel]

The name for this is actually 'Teratoma', which is a parasitic twin that has grown inside the other twin's body during pregnancy. Hope that helps.

[OBonio]

A condition like this was on House the other week :

http://www.fox.com/house/recaps/302.htm

Chimerism was the name of the condition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics )

[4getmenot]

Yer a boy I knew started getting pains in his shoulder when he was about 18 after x-rays they found his dead twin inside him, Had grown to such an age that it had formed hair and teeth.

[Octavius]

It's actually parasitic twin or foetus in fetu.

The boy was called Alamjan Nematilaev.

[drestie]

I had 2 ovarian teratomas, and they were certainly not internal twins! lol

[drestie]

From wikipedia:

Fetus in fetu

Fetus in fetu (or Foetus in foetu) describes an extremely rare abnormality that involves a fetus getting trapped inside of its twin. It continues to survive as a parasite even past birth by forming an umbilical cord-like structure that leeches its twin's blood supply until it grows so large that it starts to harm the host, at which point doctors usually intervene. Invariably the parasitic fetus is anencephalic (without a brain) and lacks internal organs, and as such is unable to survive on its own, though it may have almost human (albeit underdeveloped and bizarre) features such as limbs, digits, hair, nails and teeth. Fetus in fetu is such a rare condition that only some 91 cases worldwide have ever been reported. Fetus in fetu happens very early in a twin pregnancy, when one fetus wraps around and envelops the other. The dominant fetus grows, while the fetus that would have been its twin lives on throughout the pregnancy, feeding off its host twin like a kind of parasite. Usually, both twins die before birth from the strain of sharing a placenta. Sometimes, however, the host twin survives and is delivered.

[Carakeel]

Sorry drestie, you are of course absolutely right. When I went into Wikipedia, I misread the info (was in a hurry) so here is the link I was reading. Just one of those days, my apologies! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus_in_fetu

[drestie]

LOL, you actually had me worried for a minute, so that's why I went into wikipedia to double check! I'm just glad I didn't have 2 parasitic twins growing on my ovaries!

[Octavius]

foetus in fetu is what i said