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FETUSINFETU: Fetus in fetu/TaratomasFrom: ELW (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:30:39 -0600 (CST)
I am a 53 yr. old woman, and the surviving twin of the Vanished twin Syndrome. At 16 I was put on birth control for irregular periods. A few months later my OBGYN became concerned at swelling in my abdomen, and over all health rapidly declining w/in a few months of starting the birth control. By the time he decided surgery was nessecary, I looked 6 months pregnant. It was found during surgery, where my left ovary should have been, a very large "tumor", or so it appeared. It was sent to pathology and found to contain a fetus of sorts. Hair, bones,and the start of limbs. No brain or organs were found in it. Once this was removed from me it was like a total transformation in me. I started to grow, develop breasts, and shape to my body. Up until this point I was considered under developed for my age. I have read everything I can find on this disorder and know I am one in 55,000 births this happens in. It isn't a fact about myself I have acknowledge to others as we are viewed by the public as extreme oddities or "freaks". My concern lies with any follow up studies in this of any medical conditions that will result later in life ? Have genetics been totally ruled out as a factor for this happening?
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