Craniopagus parasiticus

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Craniopagus parasiticus is a medical condition in which a parasitic twin head with an undeveloped (or underdeveloped) body is attached to the head of a developed twin.

Cases

There have only been ten documented cases of this phenomenon, though to-date there have been at least eighty separate cases of this phenomenon written about in various records [2]. Only three ever have been documented by modern medicine to have survived birth.

Prognosis

Prognosis for craniopagus parasiticus is generally poor. As of 2007, only three cases are known to have survived childbirth. Everard Home described the first and longest-lived of these, the "Two-Headed Boy of Bengal", who survived until bitten by a cobra in 1787, at the age of four.[1] More recent cases have attracted considerable media attention[2][3] as well as efforts to correct the condition through surgery. An infant girl in the Dominican Republic died in 2004 from complications in surgery.[4] Egyptian doctors, having studied evidence of that operation, successfully removed the parasitic twin from an infant, named Manar Maged, in 2005;[5] however, she succumbed to an infection the following year.[6] The twin removed in this case could smile, blink, cry, and tried to suckle [7] but never developed a body (except a small remnant), or lungs and heart, and instead was dependent on oxygen and nutrients provided by Manar. The case illustrates that there is a continuum from craniopagus parasiticus to the phenomenon of the conjoined twin.

References

  1. Bondeson J, Allen E (1991). "Everard Home's famous two-headed boy of Bengal and some other cases of craniopagus parasiticus". Surgical Neurology. 35 (6): 483. doi:10.1016/0090-3019(91)90185-C. PMID 2053064.
  2. "Joined: The World of Siamese Twins". Channel 4. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  3. "The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Two-Headed Baby Miracle". 2005-05-19. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  4. "Baby born with two heads dies after surgery". CNN. 2004-02-07. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  5. Associated Press (2005-02-23). "Infant Who Had 'Second Head' Removed Doing Well". Fox News. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  6. "Two-head girl dies of infection". BBC News. 2006-03-26. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  7. Channel 4
  • Aquino DB, Timmons C, Burns D, Lowichik A (1997). "Craniopagus parasiticus: a case illustrating its relationship to craniopagus conjoined twinning". Pediatr Pathol Lab Med. 17 (6): 939–44. doi:10.1080/107710497174381. PMID 9353833.
  • Bondeson J, Allen E (1991). "Everard Home's famous two-headed boy of Bengal and some other cases of craniopagus parasiticus". Surg Neurol. 35 (6): 483. doi:10.1016/0090-3019(91)90185-C. PMID 2053064.
  • Nair KR (1990). "Craniopagus parasiticus". Surg Neurol. 33 (2): 159. doi:10.1016/0090-3019(90)90033-L. PMID 2406987.
  • Bondeson J, Allen E (1989). "Craniopagus parasiticus. Everard Home's Two-Headed Boy of Bengal and some other cases". Surg Neurol. 31 (6): 426–34. doi:10.1016/0090-3019(89)90087-6. PMID 2655135.
  • Wang DM, Zhang PL (1985). "[A case report of craniopagus parasiticus (clinical features and the histological study of the accessory brain)]". Zhonghua Zheng Xing Shao Shang Wai Ke Za Zhi. 1 (1): 31–3. PMID 3939788.
  • Wang TM, Li BQ, Li-Che, Fu CL (1982). "Craniopagus parasiticus: a case report of a parasitic head protruding from the right side of the face". Br J Plast Surg. 35 (3): 304–11. PMID 7150854.

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