Fetus-in-fetu in a 6-month-old

Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2008 Jul-Dec;5(2):96-8. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.44187.

Abstract

Fetus-in-fetu is a malformed parasitic monozygotic diamniotic twin found inside the body of the living child or adult. We report a case of lumbar mass having superficial rudimentary phallus, labioscrotal fold, testes, pedunculated thumb-like digit and rudimentary pelvis in addition to bowel loops in a 6-month-old Nigerian girl. The mass was excised and the baby did well. We propose based on these that dizygotic parasitic foetiform twin could exist.