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The Parasitic Twin

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This one is very interesting. This guy was born with a big stomach, which continued to grow. When he finally got operated on, they found his dead twin brother growing inside his belly! The real, the bizarre...

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Posted Aug 20 2006, 06:24 AM by alborg

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gchiu wrote re: The Parasitic Twin
on 08-21-2006 6:46 PM
Well, I guess he's got a ready donor if he needs extra organs!
R Terry Ellis wrote re: The Parasitic Twin
on 08-21-2006 8:57 PM
A Teratoma by any other name....
alborg wrote re: The Parasitic Twin
on 08-22-2006 2:21 AM
But Terry- if I had called it a teratoma, nobody would take a look at it! It's all in the packaging...
 
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