Baby born with two heads, three hands and two hearts after mum told to expect twins
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Baby born with two heads, three hands and two hearts after mum told to expect twins
Doctors say they are not planning surgery after Shaheen Khan gave birth to her child, who was born with a condition known as dicephalic parapagus - where two infants are joined by one torso
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Shaheen Khan was told she would be having
twins when she fell pregnant with her first baby in Ratlam, in the Indian state
of Madhya Pradesh.
The condition known as dicephalic
parapagus - where two infants are joined by one torso - was undetected before
the birth.
It often results in a stillbirth but after
surviving, doctors said on Tuesday they are not planning surgery.
The miracle
baby has been admitted to a hospital in the nearby city of Indore to be
monitored by medics.

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SWNS)
Mum Shaheen remains in the district hospital in
Ratlam.
It is unclear from reports if the arrival is being
treated as conjoined twins or one child. Local reports describe it as a baby,
but the condition is considered a rare form of partial twinning.
One of the doctors, Dr. Lahoti, said: "These
kinds of cases are rare and the condition of babies remains uncertain,
especially in the initial days.image
The doctors had told the parents that they
have twins after conducting an ultrasound but were not aware of this condition.
The third hand is towards the back between
the two faces.
In 2018, a baby born with two heads has survived an operation
to amputate the second head.
Sana Hilel, from Aleppo, Syria, had her seventh child, Abdullatif Shekrak, by Caesarean section after cranium bifidum was detected in the womb
The X-ray of the baby, who has yet to be
given a name
Facing death, the baby
was quickly transferred to Iskenderun Developmental Hospital where a brain,
nerve and spinal surgery specialist removed the second head.
Dr Mehmet Koparan, who performed the
surgery, said a case this severe would often have been fatal.
"In general, encephalocele (cranium
bifidum) is seen in one in 5,000 live births," he said.
"Grades three and four are less common, and often deadly. This case is grade three."
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