Why do people send me this stuff when I'm eating?

[evilgrins]

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[light_over_me]

Wow, so this twin was still alive when he had the operation? The article says there was a jaw, hair...I wonder how developed the head was...if it had a brain at all, or a face.

I remember seeing a similar story on TV a while ago. It was a boy though, and I think the twin had died and was basically a giant tumor by the time it was taken out... if I'm not mistaken. This twin sounds like it was much more developed than in that case.

[evilgrins]

yeah, kinda got the same impression it was still alive but they gloss over that pretty quick.

[antikythera]

Look up Manar Maged for a similar story. She and her parasitic twin were born in Egypt, and the twin was basically an extra head with a little stump of a body. Each twin had her own brain and was able to cry, smile, blink, etc. independently of her sister

[ken_redtail]

I think I saw something like this on House once.

[sniper3]

If you haven't, I'm sure they'll pick up on it soon!

[ginasketch]

PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

[whitedove1]

I love you for finding a Large Marge icon.

[chlorophyta]

I think something like that happened to my friend a couple years ago... Hers didn't get that big, but it was softball size, I think, and there were fingernails and bones and stuff in it.

She's doing a lot better since they got it out.

[le_intime]

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[antikythera]

Could also have been a teratoma, which is a weird little mass of semi-organized cells that can grow things like hair, teeth, etc. I don't think they're considered to be parasitic twins, just tumours.