Doctors successfully separated a 10-month-old named Dominique, who was born with four legs and two spines, from her parasitic twin. Since birth, baby Dominique had been carrying her parasitic twin. (Courtesy of Advocate Children's Hospital)Doctors say parasitic twins — asymmetric conjoined twins in which one depends on the other's bodily functions — are extremely rare. Even more uncommon are parasitic rachipagus twins, twins connected at the spine. Everything was planned to avoid this problem.”The surgeons disconnected the pelvis, nerves and blood vessels, then removed Dominique's parasitic twin.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2017 12:33 UTC