Bhopal, April 9 -- The Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal has once again demonstrated excellence in handling complex medical cases by successfully performing an extremely rare and challenging surgery.
The case involved a parasitic twin, a condition in which an incompletely developed twin fetus was attached to the skull and neck of a living child. A parasitic twin is a rare anomaly that occurs when two fetuses begin to develop in the womb, but one stops growing midway and remains dependent on the other for survival. This underdeveloped fetus is termed a "parasitic twin" because it cannot survive on its own and relies entirely on its better-developed twin.
The case concerned a three-year-old girl from Ashoknagar, Madhya Pra...