Of the abdomen 9-year-old girl learned undeveloped parasitic twin

Hospital surgeons removed the Greek city of Larissa twin parasites from the body of a 9-year-old girl in medical treatment complain of abdominal pain. On examination the patient's abdominal tumor was found, similar to a malignant tumor, so doctors decided an emergency. As it turned out, the resected tumor was an underdeveloped embryo about six centimeters long. According to Head of the Pediatrics Department clinics Mark Andreas (Andreas Markou) parasitic twin facial skeleton and eyes had been formed, but it is completely absent from the brain. The so-called parasitic twins are a rare breed of Siamese twins. From the violation of the fission process egg In most cases, both fused embryos develop evenly, but sometimes the development of one of them is terminated. In this case, an under-developed embryo on the surface and inside the body normally developing fetus can be arranged.