Twin fetuses removed from baby boy

A team of doctors at BSMMU yesterday saved the life of a six-month-old boy after successfully removing twin fetuses -- a very rare condition known as Fetus-in-Fetu.
"It was a very difficult surgery but we did it. We had to be very careful while removing twin fetuses from the boy's body," said Prof Shafiqul Haque who led the nine-member team of paediatric surgeons.
The three-hour operation on Soheb began at 9:00am, he said, adding: "Soheb is now in good health and the surgery won't create any obstruction to his growth."
There were over hundred cases of Fetus-in-Fetu in babies worldwide, but those fetuses were not twins.
Only three or four cases of twin fetuses in babies exist in medical history, said Prof Shafiqul, who also led a surgery in separating conjoined twins -- Barsha and Bonnya -- in 2009.
The twin fetuses weighing over two kilograms existed between the abdomen and liver of Soheb and they were connected to various veins, he told The Daily Star.
Lutfunnahar, the baby's mother, said she became very upset after knowing about the presence of twin fetuses in Soheb from an ultra sonogram during pregnancy.
"I am very happy after the successful operation and grateful to the doctors," she added.
The parents had admitted Soheb at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on January 25, according to a press release of BSMMU.