Collymore Posted 27 March 2006 Posted 27 March 2006 link An Egyptian girl who survived an operation to remove a second head has died from a brain infection. Manar Maged suffered from a rare condition that occurs when an embryo splits in the womb but does not develop fully into a twin. Her second head could smile and blink, but could not survive independently. Doctors in Cairo operated on Manar in February 2005, when she was aged just 10 months. She died, aged two, after being rushed to hospital with a fever. "She was admitted to hospital in a very bad way," said Abla el-Alfy, a consultant paediatrician involved in her care. "She had a very severe infection in the brain and she wasn't able to fight it." Doctors at the Benha Children's Hospital had regarded the fact that Manar survived the initial 13-hour operation as a success. Her condition improved after the surgery, but she continued to suffer regular infections, Mr Alfy told Reuters news agency. The second head contained eyes, a nose and a mouth, but was not connected to any internal organs and was not capable of independent thought. Known as craniopagus parasiticus, the condition is one of the rarest forms of birth defects .
Cat Burger Posted 27 March 2006 Posted 27 March 2006 The fact that she died doesn't sound too weird to me!
Collymore Posted 28 March 2006 Author Posted 28 March 2006 I thought it was werid that the other head smiled and blinked but couldn't think...and that wasn't meant to rhyme!
Cat Burger Posted 28 March 2006 Posted 28 March 2006 Yeah it is, sorry its because the title was in bold that I made that joke, I wasn't clear. I shouldn't joke, it really is tragic and as you say, very weird!
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