Dead Fetus Removed from Boy's Abdomen

[Checkmite]

Doctors 'find dead foetus in boy' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4624307.stm)

Doctors in Bangladesh say they have removed a long-dead foetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains.

They said the foetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb.

They said it was a case of an extremely rare condition where two foetuses are conceived as conjoined twins but one absorbs the other.

I seem to remember that Stephen King based a novel on this type of thing, though I can't remember it too well.

It'll make an interesting conversation piece later in this kid's life. I'm curious, actually, as to how long the inclusion fetus remained technically alive after being "absorbed".

(...he ain't heavy...he's my bro-ther....)

[Grammatron]

Go team Venture!

[Manny]

That's nothing. I hear that doctors take live fetuses out of women's abdomens all the time! :D

[Bruce]

I get really hungry sometimes too.

[Bruce]

By the way, do you suppose that if abortions were illegal, would the boy and doctor be in jail by now? :D

[corplinx]

Originally posted by Grammatron
Go team Venture!

Go Mecha Sheba!

[Ashles]

Originally posted by Joshua Korosi
I seem to remember that Stephen King based a novel on this type of thing, though I can't remember it too well.

The Dark Half (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451167317/qid=1120675559/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7454961-4816117)
I reread it recently. Nowhere near as good as I remembered.
But still 200 times better than the film.



If it had grown more and been alive perhaps it would have resembled Kuato from Total Recall.

[Manny]

Originally posted by Ashles
Nowhere near as good as I remembered.
But still 200 times better than the film.
Man, you could pretty much stick that sentence in the front of 90% of Stephen King books. ;)

[Jocko]

Originally posted by Grammatron
Go team Venture!

I am proud to join Corplix in signifying my understanding of this reference.

"Dios de la muertos? Oh yes, the crazy dead people Christmas you people have down here." --Rusty

[TragicMonkey]

Originally posted by manny
Man, you could pretty much stick that sentence in the front of 90% of Stephen King books. ;)

Do you think "The Shining" is one of that 90%? I thought the book was okay, but nowhere near as funny as the movie. When Olive Oyl walks into the hell that is 1970's ski resorts and says admiringly "Pink and gold are my favorite colors!"...now, that was scary. And she was so damp and horrible and crying all the time! I swear, she gives me the impression that she's always coated in a clear layer of slime. Horrible, horrible. All eyes and whining.

[Beerina]

This kid has it easy. I recall one case about 10 years ago where a guy had a headache, and he went in for an x-ray. Guess what? A fetus in his head! Yuck!

Have no clue if they could remove it, if it were intertwined with his brain or whatever.

[Manny]

Originally posted by TragicMonkey
Do you think "The Shining" is one of that 90%? I thought the book was okay, but nowhere near as funny as the movie. When Olive Oyl walks into the hell that is 1970's ski resorts and says admiringly "Pink and gold are my favorite colors!"...now, that was scary. And she was so damp and horrible and crying all the time! I swear, she gives me the impression that she's always coated in a clear layer of slime. Horrible, horrible. All eyes and whining. Yeah, but Jack and that Redrum kid saved it. And as bad as it was, it was maybe the best Stephen King movie after Stand by Me and Shawshank (which don't really count because those were short stories anyway). Pet Cemetary? Not only did I want my seven bucks back, I thought about suing for the two hours I'll never get back. People liked Misery but they were wrong.

[Libertarian]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by manny
People liked Misery but they were wrong. [/QUOTE


I thought Misery was an almost perfect movie. What didn't you like about it!?

[Rob Lister]

Originally posted by manny
Yeah, but Jack and that Redrum kid saved it. And as bad as it was, it was maybe the best Stephen King movie after Stand by Me and Shawshank (which don't really count because those were short stories anyway). Pet Cemetary? Not only did I want my seven bucks back, I thought about suing for the two hours I'll never get back. People liked Misery but they were wrong.

Misery was one of the very few movies I liked. Probably because they didn't give King any say in the production.

[RandFan]

Originally posted by Joshua Korosi
I seem to remember that Stephen King based a novel on this type of thing, though I can't remember it too well. [/i]) There was The Manitou (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077904/).

[peptoabysmal]

Originally posted by RandFan
There was The Manitou (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077904/).

OMG I forgot aobut that piece of junk...

Plot Outline: A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit. (more)


:rolleyes:

[Batman Jr.]

Originally posted by corplinx
Go Mecha Sheba!
I thought it was "Mecha Shiva" in that the robot resembled the eponymous Hindu god.

[RandFan]

Originally posted by peptoabysmal
OMG I forgot aobut that piece of junk...

:rolleyes: Say what you want but Susan Strasberg's breasts made the movie worthwile. I had to sit through the entire movie a second time to see them again. Why Susan's breasts were central to the plot and necassary to her shooting electricity from her hands to kill the Manitou is beyond me. I don't remember much more than that.

[Mycroft]

Originally posted by RandFan
Why Susan's breasts were central to the plot and necassary to her shooting electricity from her hands to kill the Manitou is beyond me.

I think it had something to do with accumulating static electricity. Very scientific and very necessary to the plot.

[joobie]

"doctors in bangladesh" are not known for scientific accuracy.

perhaps the boy was impregnated by a supernatural monkeyman that eats babies in various villiages though; who knows, it could be true.

[Checkmite]

Actually, fetus in fetu, while extremely rare, has been known to happen even in more "developed" countries. A search on the term will get a few interesting sites - including a few with some sonography images and photos.

[bozothedeathmachine]

My wife has a little bump on her back and the top of the her butt that was her twin. She was actually born with a tail. First person in Czech Republic to have that particular operation. If she ever reads this, I'm dead.