Surgeons Remove Baby's Second Head

Surgeons in Egypt have successfully removed the second head from a 10-month baby girl who suffered from craniopagus parasiticus, one of the rarest birth defects, reports Reuters. The child, Manar Maged, was born with two heads. The second head was a conjoined twin connected at the skull, who developed inside the womb without a body. While the second head was capable of smiling and blinking, it did not have independent life.



During the 13-hour operation, which was performed in a hospital near Cairo, surgeons removed the "parasitic" twin that was attached at the upper left side of Manar's skull. They had to separate Manar's brain from the conjoined organ in small stages, cutting off the blood supply to the extra head while preventing increased blood flow to Manar's heart, which would have risked cardiac arrest, reports Reuters. The baby's skull was reconstructed during the surgery with the skin joined over the bone. No other reconstructive surgery will be needed. Manar will remain in intensive care for 10 days. One day after the surgery, Manar was able to move all four limbs and showed no signs of paralysis. She was breathing normally and had a normal heartbeat and blood pressure.



Reuters explains that this rare birth defect occurs when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but fails to complete the process. The second twin can form as an extra limb, a complete second body that lacks vital organs, or, in very rare cases, a head.

HOLY GOD! That's fucking awesome!

wtf

*whines*...But daddy...I want to be a freak of nature...NOW!

Um...wow, that is creepy...

<--- ponderz the connection between the 2 brainz & spiritz ... & the possibilitiez ov the 2 sharing & controlling the single body ... the combined capacity ... & if the 2nd will ac2ally move on, remain on this plane seper8ly, or join it'z sibling within the body ... (I kno a girl who lost her twin verrry early n life & she still feelz him with her, & she oft projectz a variable, even sumwhat masculine, personality shift ... hmmmm ... nteresting ponderingz & possibilitiez

that has to be like the best icebreaker/party story EVER.... " and yeah wanna see my scar where I was born with two heads?"... awesome... I soooo wish I had two heads.

vinylpirate wrote:that has to be like the best icebreaker/party story EVER.... " and yeah wanna see my scar where I was born with two heads?"... awesome... I soooo wish I had two heads.

ROTFL!

I am completely disturbed by the other head's smiling and blinking.

So, what did they do with the other head? Did they throw it away? Because I'd like my twin's smiling-blinking head in a jar.

can you just imagine what will happen when his mother and father tell him he once had another head?!
it is almost like a made for tv movie. "announcer voice" He was a popular teenager. But his life was shattered with a deadly secret. How will he move on from such a terrible past? will barbara still love him after all that he has been through? Or will she deny him the love that he needs in order to survive?

My question is, why didn't they name the baby Zaphod Beeblebrox and leave it at that? Seems like it would have saved on medical bills.

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Now wouldn't that be a pain in the neck?

Be sure to check out Mermaid Girl, too.

Humans are so weird.

That's sooo disturbing...She has no butt...I want to be a little mermaid...Damn my parents for birthing a healthy child....

cool link, iblis....
i wonder how she goes to the bathroom?

these poor deformed babehs!

ohhh ohhh Ripley's meteral. That should deffently be on Ripley's Beleive or not.

WB

huh. The second head looks almost photoshopped in some pics.

I'm not saying it's not real, but the photos look funny.

You gotta kinda feel bad for the mermaid girl.... I mean she has to have surgery to make genitals when shes an adolescent.... so I wonder how long shes gonna be crotch-less... does that mean the little mermaid didnt have a "mercrotch?".... I mean how is it a girl or a guy? do boy mermaids not have mer-genitals?

Well, the two headed baby might look kind of funny, but it's not nearly as bad as the guy with two schlongs.

I also saw a documentary on conjoined twins (I think it was on pbs, I forget..) that featured a 13 year old girl with two heads. (Both of them were individually sentient. I can definitely see issues coming up if/when they can't decide on a date for the prom. )

Nephilim wrote:My question is, why didn't they name the baby Zaphod Beeblebrox and leave it at that? Seems like it would have saved on medical bills.

*this tasteless joke brought to you by Boredom At Work!*

My thought as well.....

iblis wrote:Well, the two headed baby might look kind of funny, but it's not nearly as bad as the guy with two schlongs.

Double penis...So he's part human, part shark?...