Foetus-like thing removed from young man's stomach
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, November 07 2009: In an incident that could fetch a place among the world's rarest incidents, a 'partial foetus' was successfully removed from a 21 year-old youth in a rare case of 'Foetus-in-Foeto.' The operation was successfully performed today by a team of doctors led by senior Dr L Joykumar at JN Hospital here.

The youth from whose stomach the foetus has been removed is identified as Abujam Suresh son of A Nahari.

The doctors had performed the operation from 11am and it was successfully completed around 3pm.A 'partial foetus' weighing six kg was removed from the stomach of the youth.

Youth in hospital bed; foetus like thing removed from him

Family members said, Suresh has complained the presence of a 'lump' in his stomach since a year back.

He was taken to different hospitals and doctors.

Though doctors diagnose the presence of the lump in the stomach, it took them around a year to finally discover it to be a foetus.

On feeling the declining health condition of Suresh and the growth of the lump in his stomach at the same time, he was admitted to JN Hospital on November 2 last.

According to Dr L Joykumar, who led the team of doctors in performing the operation, the formation human organs like the head, hands, legs, and stomach lookalikes was visible.

Dr L Joykumar said that Suresh could have been formed as twins in the womb of his mother.

Due to some deformity the twins could not be born which led to the transfer of the foetus in the stomach of Suresh.

He believes that the foetus might have been in the stomach of Suresh since his birth.

Anything that Suresh consumed has been shared with the foetus.

This could be the reason for the thinning of Suresh.

When Suresh was admitted at the hospital five days back, he looked like a seven-month pregnant woman.

The patient is declared out of danger after the operation.

Dr Joykumar said the case was known in medical term as 'Foetus-in-Foeto.' The foetus has been conserved at the hospital's conservation room for further examination and investigation.

A part of the foetus has also been prepared to be sent to a medical institution outside the state for test.