Newborn born with “4 hands and 4 feet” only 200 cases of medical alert in the world: life threatening | Life | CTWANT

A woman from Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, gave birth to a baby last month, she did not expect the baby to have a genetic defect and 4 hands and 4 feet, which terrified her family. Doctors have said that the probability of it occurring is one in 500,000 and that there are around 200 known cases in the world, which are quite rare.

According to the Western Decision report, Ms. Yan’s pregnancy made her family very happy. During the maternity exam, she found that “two fetuses were stuck together” in her abdomen. In August she gave birth to a child, but she had 4 hands and 4 The only foot, the chest is connected to the parasitic fetus, the parasitic fetus has no head and heart, but has two hands and feet and external genitalia, and external genitalia have urinary function.

After the discussion, the baby was sent to the neonatal intensive care unit. Dr. Mao Jianxiong from Shenzhen Children’s Hospital pointed out that this parasitic fetus is relatively large and weighs more than 260 grams. It is connected to the baby’s chest by a bone and heart and some blood vessels and intestines are connected. Before the operation, it was determined that it was suspected that the baby’s liver had entered the parasitic fetus. The ultrasound examination found that the baby still has a ventricular septal defect, patent foramen ovale and other problems, because the parasitic fetus must be supplied with blood, which increases the load on the baby’s heart. Surgery must be done as soon as possible, otherwise it will be life threatening.

Dr Mao Jianxiong said that the most difficult part of the surgery involves the blood vessels, followed by manipulating the organs.After the parasitic fetus is removed, the baby’s abdominal wall or chest cavity also needs to be repaired. Fortunately, after the operation, the child recovered well and was successfully discharged from the hospital.

It is understood that the parasitic fetus is a rare congenital disease. Genetically, it is also known as a “fetal fetus” which means that part of the complete fetus is parasitized by another or more incomplete fetuses. The site of predilection is retroperitoneal. abdominal cavity, manifesting as a progressively enlarged abdominal mass, occurring in approximately 1 in 500,000 live births.

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