04-05-2003 21:54									#1
	this is ****ed up...vomits..Boy carries his own brother-tumour inside Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother

The operation was carried out by surgeons in Kazakhstan
A seven-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with stomach pains was actually "pregnant" with his twin brother.

Doctors at Chimkent Children's Hospital in Kazakhstan originally believed Mourat Zhanaidarov was suffering from a cyst.

But during surgery, they discovered he was in fact carrying the dead foetus of his twin brother.

The foetus had developed into a tumour but was found to have hair, nails and bones.


Doctors at the hospital told the BBC the tumour was the remains of his twin brother's foetus.

They said that while it was no longer a living substance it was feeding off the boy's blood supply.

If left unchecked it could one day have threatened Mourat's own life.

It is believed that the foetus grew inside Mourat while he was developing in the womb.

Doctors believe the two foetuses should have developed into conjoined twins.

"At first we saw that the boy's organs were squeezed by a large hard swelling covered with black hair," one surgeon told a British newspaper.

"As we washed him, we could see that inside him he had his own twin brother. Mourat had been a Siamese twin but nobody knew it.

"Something had gone wrong during his mother's pregnancy and the baby grew inside his brother."

Valentina Vostrikova, chief surgeon at Chimkent Children's Hospital, told the newspaper: "It was remarkable. For seven years it lived like a parasite inside the boy's body."

Doctors at the hospital told the BBC they were unable to explain the phenomenon.

They suggested a number of factors could have played a role, including malnutrition in the mother.

	04-05-2003 21:56									#2
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I wonder if my twin is inside me.... COOL!

	04-05-2003 21:58									#3
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I wonder if it is more common than known. And how would you test for it if the twin was small? Blood tests wouldn't show much since the DNA is identical.

	04-05-2003 22:01									#4
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ugh... that's like something out of that twilighty show

	04-05-2003 22:07									#5
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Wasn't there a Stephen King story based on something like this? "The Dark Half"?

	04-05-2003 22:45									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Sava I wonder if my twin is inside me.... COOL!

tasteless! my favorite flavor!

	04-05-2003 23:06									#7
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Murderers. That baby had a right to life, too.

	04-05-2003 23:10									#8
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It was a monster, not a baby.

	04-05-2003 23:12									#9
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monster? MONSTER?! I bet you suggest to put all 'those' retarded and disabled people 'to sleep', as well?!

	04-05-2003 23:15									#10
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That thing was going to eventually kill his brother by draining his blood.

That thing was a Murderer and it deserved to die!

	04-05-2003 23:16									#11
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think of all the money they could have made on the freak show circuit.

	04-05-2003 23:17									#12
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well, It's not like he tried to harm his brother on purpose. You know, he was just a baby.

And stop calling him 'it'. He's got a soul, too.

	04-05-2003 23:18									#13
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It's... "interesting"

Seriously though, it's extremely suprising this thing (and its brother) has managed to survive 7 years. It's equally surprising the surgeons have saved the child.

	04-05-2003 23:22									#14
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I wonder if I could use this as an excuse for a criminal act. "But your Honor, members of the jury, my little twin inside me told me to do it. I'm not responsible for his actions!"

	04-05-2003 23:23									#15
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making jokes over a death of a baby. "Hey, a little baby died. lololol"

	04-05-2003 23:27									#16
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Question to religious folks

Did Tumour-Kid have a soul?
Was he human?
Is he in heaven?

	04-05-2003 23:29									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Plan Austral Question to religious folks Did Tumour-Kid have a soul? Was he human? Is he in heaven?

A better question would be: Should it be illegal to remove your tumor-twin?

	04-05-2003 23:44									#18
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yes, he's in heaven, with the souls of melanomae, and dead skin cells from my rectum.

	04-05-2003 23:48									#19
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Fascinating.

	04-05-2003 23:49									#20
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I blame abortion laws for making me unfeeling to the plight of living creatures within other creatures

JK of course- sort of

	04-05-2003 23:53									#21
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	04-05-2003 23:59									#22
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well, you know, When I typed this supposed nonsense, I actually started to make sense to myself. Abortion Issues are far from being as clearcut as this.

	05-05-2003 00:02									#23
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the tumor baby isn't in heaven. he's in limbo...

after all, he was never baptized...

	05-05-2003 00:10									#24
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agreed.

the baby never had faith in jesus christs as his/her lord and saviour by dying on the cross for their sins

so by definition all babies go to hell

	05-05-2003 00:11									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed the tumor baby isn't in heaven. he's in limbo... after all, he was never baptized...

limbo is gone as a doctrine in the catholic church, and to my knowledge no protestants believe in limbo


"so by definition all babies go to hell "

no

	05-05-2003 00:12									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel Murderers. That baby had a right to life, too.

it was dead inside the boy already

	05-05-2003 00:13									#27
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shi... wasn't serious.

besides, the kazakhs aren't majority catholic... aren't they majority muslim? you'd have to ask someone like speer...