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A boy who has been carrying an unborn foetus in his stomach since he was born for up to 15 whole years, has had some respite come his way.
Mohd Zul Shahril Saidin
Mohd Zul Shahril Saidin, a teenage boy in Malaysia has undergone successful abdominal surgery to remove a mass believed to be the foetus of his unborn twin .
The condition, known medically as "foetus in foetu", means that Mohd Zul Shahril Saidin, 15, had been carrying the growing foetus since birth.
Mirror Online reports that the foetus had hair, legs, hands and genitals.
Hasmah Ahmad, the boy’s mother, described the mass in shocking detail, saying: "The foetus removed from my son’s stomach was formed with organs like those of a baby – only the nose and mouth were not complete."
She has also reportedly "accepted her son’s fate", if the tumour truly was Mohd Zul Shahril’s twin.
Hasmah, 38, expressed her relief to local media after surgeons in the Sultan Abdul Hamid Hospital , in Sungai Petani in the north-western Malaysian state of Kedah, performed the successful operation.
The unborn twin was pulled out of the teen's stomach
Reports said Mohd Zul Shahril, the fifth of eight children and a native of the town of Baling in Kedah, was only hospitalised recently after he began complaining of pain in the last four months.
The boy’s ordeal has gained a massive following in social media circles, with reports saying it was the first such case in Malaysia.
Hasmah said she and her family had already performed funeral rites on the foetus, which is now buried in a cemetery in Sungai Petani.
Mohd Zul Shahril is reportedly still recovering in hospital.
According to reports, there is no clearly defined cause for "foetus in foetu" – an abnormality similar to more well-documented conditions such as a "vanishing twin" or "parasitic twin".
It is estimated that the phenomenon occurs in 1 in every 500,000 live births.
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