"But there wasn't much connection with other main organs like the liver or kidneys," Dr Krishna said, adding that they also found a large cyst in the teen's abdomen. The surgery was done in two stages ...

It is an extremely rare type of cojoined twin where a baby is born with an underdeveloped twin attached to its body. This ...

Parasitic twins occur when one foetus stops ... Dr Krishna told the BBC. A cyst was also discovered in the teenager’s abdomen. “The biggest challenge was the rarity of this condition.

Doctors had to rely on their 'skill' and 'intuition' to carry out the procedure on the teen from Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Fruit flies are generally highly susceptible to parasitic wasps, but some have stolen a gene from bacteria that makes them resistant. This adult fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has two cysts (made ...

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The surgery was done in two stages - first, removing the parasitic twin, then extracting the cystic mass from surrounding organs. A team of doctors, including radiologists, anaesthetists and ...