Supposed tumor at surgery was a twin in the brain of a woman

A 26-year-old student was operated on suspicion of having a tumor. But what the doctors discovered during brain surgery is a medical sensation: the putative tumor turned out to be an embryo with bones, hair and teeth. The student joked after the surgery in an interview with the US news site "NBC News", that it is her "evil twin sister", which has annoyed her for 26 years.

Embryo in the brain caused concentration and understanding problems
Yamini Karanam suffered from concentration and comprehension problems and therefore sought help from doctors of various disciplines. But nobody got smart out of her case. "The neurologist said the neurosurgeon was not suitable. The neurosurgeon said the neurologist was not confident, "the newsroom student said. "And I asked myself: Does not anyone know?"

Finally, the woman from Indiana found help in a clinic in Los Angeles. Dr. Hrayr Shahinian wanted to remove a suspected tumor from the brain at Karanam using a minimally invasive procedure. But what the doctor and his colleagues discovered was a medical sensation: instead of the tumor, they found a so-called "teratoma," an embryo of the patient's twin sister, who had not developed but already had bony, tooth, and hair attachments. "That's my second. And I probably have 7,000 or 8,000 brain tumors removed, "said Shahinian after the surprising find to the news side. "It was my bad twin sister who tormented me for 26 years," joked the patient in the interview.

Embryo removed from the woman's brain by a minimally invasive procedure
It was frustrating for the student that none of the doctors knew about the minimally invasive procedure at the Los Angeles Clinic. "Everyone should know about it," says Karanam. "Unlike conventional brain surgery, where you open the skull, use metal wound hooks and a microscope to see in the depths of the brain, what we do is keyhole surgery," Shahinian explained. Through a small hole, the tumor is carefully removed by means of an endoscope. Just three weeks after the surgery, the 26-year-old is said to have recovered completely. (Ag)

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