A baby boy has undergone an operation to ‘give birth’ to his own twin in China.
Shocked doctors realised the toddler was ‘pregnant’ during X-rays after his stomach swelled to two thirds its normal size.
Two-year-old Xiao Feng had absorbed the undeveloped foetus in his mother’s womb and his twin included a fully formed spine fingers and toes.
Doctors said the parasitic twin would have developed into a boy after growing large enough to cause severe breathing difficulties for Xiao.
He had been rushed from his home in Huaxi village and surgeons removed the footus measuring 20cm wide.
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