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Friday, July 26, 2013
Conjoined twins born with two heads and a body
A pair of conjoined twins have been born in India with two heads but just one body beign shared by the pair.
Both boys, have heads, nervous systems and backbones, separate. The backbones are joined below the pelvis and they share a rib cage and shoulder girdle.
Doctors say they believe they can save the lives of the boys who were born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Wednesday.
Dr. S.D. Sharma, medical superintendent of J.K. Lone Hospital, said that such cases are were rare, especially in boys and are known as Dicephalic Parapagus.
He added that this is the first case in Rajasthan and only the second in all of India.
Most of the time, children that are Dicephalic Parapagus are born dead and, in the vast majority of cases, are mostly girls, reports CBS. But doctors are hoping they can help the boy live.
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