Egyptian baby stable after doctors remove second head

An Egyptian baby born with two heads was in stable condition on Sunday after doctors at a provincial hospital removed one of the heads in a ...

An Egyptian baby born with two heads was in stable condition on Sunday after doctors at a provincial hospital removed one of the heads in a 13-hour operation, the doctors said.

Nasif Hifnawy, head of paediatrics at Benha Children’s Hospital, said that 10-month-old Manar Maged could move all four limbs and showed no signs of paralysis.

‘‘Manar is now breathing normally and has a normal heartbeat and blood pressure,’’ he added. The baby remains in intensive care at the hospital, 40 km north of Cairo, and doctors expect her to stay there for at least seven days.

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Manar was born with a rare condition known as craniopagus parasiticus, which occurs when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but fails to complete the process. One of the the conjoined twins fails to develop fully in the womb.

As in the case of a girl who died after similar surgery in the Dominican Republic a year ago, the second twin had developed no body. The head that was removed from Manar had been capable of smiling and blinking but not independent life, doctors said.

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