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Doctors in California have removed a tumor that they described as an "embryologic twin" from deep inside the brain of a woman:
Yamini Karanam, 26, a PhD student in Indiana, had been experiencing difficulties with drowsiness, reading and concentration. The discovery was made when doctors performed a newly-developed form of surgery to remove the tumour. The growth, known as a teratoma[*], had bone and hair.
[...] Some medical experts have questioned whether it could be called a twin, but the doctor told the BBC it was "accurate, technically speaking" to call it an embryologic twin. He added that she would have died if she hadn't had the surgery.
The rare growth was removed using a minimally-invasive "keyhole" surgery that uses fibre-optics to burrow deep into the brain and perform the operation. "Traditionally they would have had to cut her from ear-to-ear, bring the scalp down in the back, and then open up the entire back of the skull," Dr Shahinian said. Instead, the doctor used a half-inch incision in the back of the skull.
[*] Teratoma:
A teratoma is a tumor with tissue or organ components resembling normal derivatives of more than one germ layer. Although the teratoma may be monodermal or polydermal, its cells may differentiate in ways suggesting other germ layers. The tissues of a teratoma, although normal in themselves, may be quite different from surrounding tissues and may be highly disparate; teratomas have been reported to contain hair, teeth, bone and, very rarely, more complex organs or processes such as eyes, torso, and hands, feet, or other limbs.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Gravis on Sunday April 26 2015, @05:47PM
It's sobering to be a surviving twin. It would really be a downer to know that you just "absorbed" your twin.
you should have read the article.
"I was asked if I had any emotions for the 'twin' or something like that, but I'm like 'No!'" she said. "I really don't have any feelings attached to it."
fun fact: by definition you are an ignoramus. :P
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 26 2015, @06:04PM
Fun fact: Not everyone reacts the same to similar situations. My brother didn't survive infancy, and I can't even say that I knew him. But, I miss him all the same. Just think - there could have been TWO assholes like me for you to vent on!
I suppose that a person who didn't even know that there WAS a twin might not have any emotional attachment. Or - she may not be willing to share that attachment with a bunch of jerks looking for a story line.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 26 2015, @07:36PM
What do you expect? Women gleefully kill their own babies, castrate men, have men imprisoned, divorce and steal men's life worth.
They are scum often.
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday April 27 2015, @04:29PM
Women gleefully kill their own babies, castrate men, have men imprisoned, divorce and steal men's life worth.
They are scum often.
SCUM? [wikipedia.org]
I only feed trolls bad puns.