印度驚現"胎中胎" 一新生兒腹中懷另一胎
A toddler whose stomach was so bloated she could not eat or drink was found to be carrying her unborn twin.
日前，一名胃已腫大到無法進食的女嬰，被發現其胃內竟藏着她未誕生的雙胞胎姐妹。Doctors were astonished to find the 7lb 11oz (3.5kg) mass of bone, flesh and hair inside the girl's abdomen. She was finally diagnosed with 'foetus in fetu', a rare condition with only 200 cases ever reported worldwide.
當發現該女孩的腹部有7磅11盎司重的骨頭，肉和毛髮時，醫生們也很震驚。她最終被診斷爲“胎中胎”，這是一種罕見的情況，全球也就報道過200例。The shocking discovery was uncovered after her parents Raju and Sumathi, suspected a tumour and rushed her to hospital. They said the 15-month old had been crying for weeks and could not eat or drink anything.
女孩的父親拉朱和母親蘇馬蒂曾懷疑是腫瘤，並匆忙把她送往了醫院，隨後這一震驚的發現就公佈了出來。他們表示，這個15個月大的女嬰已經哭了好幾個禮拜了，並且無法進食任何東西。
She was taken to Sri Ganapathy Krishna Hospital, a private health centre in Tamil Nadu, southern India.
她被送往了Sri Ganapathy Krishna醫院，這是一家位於印度南部泰米爾納德邦的私立衛生中心。Doctors initially thought she had a huge cyst and were astonished to find the growth in her stomach. The doctors then immediately carried out surgery to remove it.
醫生們剛開始以爲她只是有了一個巨型囊腫，但是當發現她胃內有東西在生長時，也大吃一驚。而後，醫生們立馬進行了手術，將其移除。Paediatric Surgeon Dr Vijayagiri, who performed the operation, said: 'I first believed she had a cyst or tumour till the ultrasound and scan showed that there were bony areas, calcified region and a teratoma-like structure (a tumour containing tissues and organs). That was when I suspected that it was a foetus-in-fetu and quickly looked up some literature. It was only when I removed the structure, could I confirm that it was definitely a foetus.'
兒科醫師Vijayagiri做的該手術，他說道：“剛開始我以爲她是囊腫或者是腫瘤，直至超聲和掃描顯示出骨骼區域、鈣化區域和一個類似於畸胎瘤的結構（一個包含組織和器官的腫瘤）。當我懷疑是'胎中胎'時，便立馬快速查閱了一些文獻。只有當我移除了這一結構時，我才確認這確實是一個胎兒。”Sumathi, 28, said: 'She always had a slightly larger than normal stomach but we ignored it until she stared crying endlessly and began having issues breathing and having food. I am thankful to doctors for removing the foetus and giving her a new life.'
28歲的蘇馬蒂說道：“她的胃一直以來都比正常人的要大，但是我們並沒有在意，直到她不停地哭鬧，並開始出現呼吸和飲食問題。感謝醫生們移除了胎兒，給了她新生。”
