A parasitic twin is a rare condition where a baby is born with an underdeveloped twin attached to its body. Also known as “vestigial twins,” this condition is closely related to conjoined ...

Doctors in the Indian capital, Delhi, have performed a life-changing surgery on a 17-year-old boy to remove his "parasitic" twin that was attached to his abdomen. A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped ...

However, the main difference is that in conjoined twins, there are two developed babies, whereas in parasitic twins, only one is fully developed, other one is underdeveloped and non functional.

Their remarkable journey began when Liliya discovered she was carrying conjoined twins at her 11-week scan. Doctors couldn’t say if separation would ever be possible. “Running from one ...

A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped conjoined twin that relies entirely ... "Only 40-50 cases of parasitic twins have been documented in world medical literature and, in those cases, the surgery ...

Now, surgeons at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, have managed to remove the remnants of his parasitic twin through a “rarest of rare” surgery and given him a chance to live ...