Congenital disorders

These are unprecedented times with the majority of countries around the world still in the midst of some form of lockdown. It is hard not to think of those who have been directly affected. Some have lost loved ones while those on the front line are effectively sacrificing themselves for the sake of others.

An Indian teenager suffering from chronic stomach pains was shocked when doctors told him they were caused by the malformed foetus of his twin.

Doctors found the three-stone mass of bone, hair and teeth inside Narendra Kumar’s abdomen. It measured 20 cms in length and had a trunk of hair that was two metres long.