A 32-year-old pregnant woman in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district has been detected with ‘fetus in fetu’, an extremely rare condition in which a malformed fetus is located within the body of another fetus, an official said.<\/p>\n
The rare congenital anomaly was detected a few days back when the woman, who is 35 weeks pregnant, went to Buldhana District Women’s Hospital for a regular check-up, he said.<\/p>\n
Doctors came to know about the condition during the woman’s sonography at the hospital, the official said.<\/p>\n
Obstetrician and gynaecologist at the hospital, Dr Prasad Agarwal, told reporters on Tuesday that ‘fetus in fetu’ is one of the rarest cases — one in five lakh.<\/p>\n
Only about 200 such cases have been reported (across the world) till now, that too after delivery, including 10-15 cases in India, he said.<\/p>\n
“But I was lucky and vigilant enough to notice something very unusual with this baby, which is almost of 35 weeks, grossly normal growing fetus with a few bones and fetus-like structure in its abdomen,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It struck me immediately that this is not normal. It was ‘fetus in fetu’, one of the rarest cases in the world. We had asked for a second opinion and the case was confirmed by radiologist Dr Shruti Thorat,” he said.<\/p>\n
The woman has been referred to a medical facility in neighbouring Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for a safe delivery and further procedure, the hospital authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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