Greek doctors remove twin from nine-year-old girl

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

LARISSA, Greece (AFP) — Surgeons have removed the foetus of an undeveloped twin from the stomach of a nine-year-old Greek girl, doctors said Thursday.

In a rare medical case, the girl had grown up with the six-centimetre (two-inch) foetus inside her undetected until recently.

Doctors at the hospital at Larissa said the girl had recovered with no problems from the operation to remove what is known as a "parasite foetus".

© 2008 AFP

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