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Daily Mirror
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Lizzie McAllister & Ryan Fahey

Baby born with abnormally large head as doctors find unborn twin inside her SKULL

Doctors have discovered that a baby born with an unusually large head was actually carrying the foetus of her identical twin in her skull.

The unborn twin, which had continued to grow inside its sibling for months, was in an advanced stage of development, complete with upper limbs, bones and fingernails.

The condition is known as foetus-in-foetus, which is incredibly rare, with only 200 similar cases ever recorded.

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