Buldhana:
A 32-year-old pregnant girl in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district has been detected with ‘fetus in fetu’, an especially uncommon situation through which a malformed fetus is situated throughout the physique of one other fetus, an official mentioned.
The uncommon congenital anomaly was detected just a few days again when the lady, who’s 35 weeks pregnant, went to Buldhana District Girls’s Hospital for an everyday check-up, he mentioned.
Docs got here to know concerning the situation throughout the girl’s sonography on the hospital, the official mentioned.
Obstetrician and gynaecologist on the hospital, Dr Prasad Agarwal, instructed reporters on Tuesday that ‘fetus in fetu’ is without doubt one of the rarest instances — one in 5 lakh.
Solely about 200 such instances have been reported (internationally) until now, that too after supply, together with 10-15 instances in India, he mentioned.
“However I used to be fortunate and vigilant sufficient to note one thing very uncommon with this child, which is nearly of 35 weeks, grossly regular rising fetus with just a few bones and fetus-like construction in its stomach,” he mentioned.
“It struck me instantly that this isn’t regular. It was ‘fetus in fetu’, one of many rarest instances on this planet. We had requested for a second opinion and the case was confirmed by radiologist Dr Shruti Thorat,” he mentioned.
The girl has been referred to a medical facility in neighbouring Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for a secure supply and additional process, the hospital authorities mentioned.