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Thursday, 23 April 2015

'Evil' twin complete with bone, hair and teeth found inside woman's brain

26 year old Yamini Karanam, was having brain surgery for a suspected tumour when she discovered her "evil twin sister"

From Mirror UK
 An embryonic twin has been find inside a woman's brain while she was having surgery for a suspected tumour. Doctors discovered the twin, known medically as a 'teratoma', complete with bone, hair and teeth, inside the brain of Yamini Karanam.
Yamini sought medical help last September when she began to struggle with conversations and reading. If a couple of people were talking in the room, I wouldn't understand what was happening," Yamini told NBC Los Angeles. "I just didn't imagine any of this"
Doctors were initially unsure what was wrong with the PhD student and performed keyhole surgery in her brain.
That was when surgeons made the amazing discovery and removed the teratoma – Yamimi's twin that never developed.
Yamini, from Indiana, joked that the teratoma was was her "evil twin sister who's been torturing me for the past 26 years".

Dr Hrayr Shahinian, at the Skullbase Institute in Los Angeles, said it was only the second teratoma he had come across out of up to 8,000 brain tumours he has removed.
at 4/23/2015 11:43:00 pm

90 comments:

  1. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:44

    Ewwwww

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    1. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:19

      Indeed evil twin. Dis is d first time am hearing abt dis curtsy LIB.

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    2. Manuel Kunmi24 April 2015 at 00:50

      Wooooooow

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    3. ASAMPOKOTO24 April 2015 at 00:56

      Very misleading headline hissss. Shit is common as hell

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    4. ASAMPOKOTO24 April 2015 at 00:56

      Here I was thinking she was literally evil

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    5. Unknown24 April 2015 at 03:31

      That's why it's important we watch Hollywood movies. Saw something like this in Grey's Anatomy but this time it was in the man's stomach.
      Just different from Siamese twin because this time, it grows in the other twins body.

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    6. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 03:41

      Oh my!!! This lady must be really smart to be doing her PhD , while struggling with this for 26yrs. There is no excuse for any1 not to excel in school then

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    7. NaijaDeltaBabe24 April 2015 at 03:46

      Ewwwwww....i couldn't even look at d picture at all

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    8. Unknown24 April 2015 at 04:40

      Werin I no go hear or see in this small world.. Thank God she is now okay. God punish devil

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    9. Unknown24 April 2015 at 04:43

      But meanwhile I can't see the evil twin clearly o... All I can see is blood and mucous. The camera should zoom it very well so that I can see the bone, hair and teeth also

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    10. Unknown24 April 2015 at 04:43

      But meanwhile I can't see the evil twin clearly o... All I can see is blood and mucous. The camera should zoom it very well so that I can see the bone, hair and teeth also

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    11. TAMARA SPLASH24 April 2015 at 05:54

      Strange

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    12. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:37

      Inyama

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    13. Unknown24 April 2015 at 08:22

      Na wa oo

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    14. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 08:24

      Technically, she's d evil twin. Medically, she absorbed her twin in d womb. Its a very rare case. But highly possible. Nothing spiritual about it.

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    15. Unknown24 April 2015 at 09:35

      Wonders shall never end !

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  2. Davido's driver23 April 2015 at 23:44

    Oh no! What is this? Lindaobserve

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  3. AbokiDaWarriBoy23 April 2015 at 23:44

    Biko hajiya linda, it's night o*

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  4. Davido's driver23 April 2015 at 23:44

    Strange happenings

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  5. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:45

    That's terrible. It's a mutation.

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  6. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:45

    Hmmm,na wa oo,God help her

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  7. Wilsoniyke23 April 2015 at 23:45

    So disgusting....

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  8. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:47

    Things that happen in India though!

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    1. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 00:38

      India? Haba! Next time please try and read with understanding.

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    2. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 01:38

      so differentiating between indiana wc is in d US and India is a problem for someone....eyaa....

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    3. Goaldyn Boy24 April 2015 at 02:02

      Indiana is in America!

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    4. HRH May24 April 2015 at 03:45

      She's from Indiana Madan diva not India

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    5. Eagle Eyes Media24 April 2015 at 03:49

      Indiana is a state in Central United States.

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    6. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 04:24

      Indiana is a state in the US.Thank me larer

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    7. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 05:32

      Indiana in America and not india.

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    8. Rubyliciois24 April 2015 at 07:55

      She is from Indiana in America, not India in Asia.

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    9. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 19:29

      Village diva, Indiana you mean

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  9. Baby J23 April 2015 at 23:48

    Chai!

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  10. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:48

    A strange world we live in.

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  11. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:49

    Seen

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  12. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:49

    Wetin pesin no go hear! Odikwa egwu

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  13. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:52

    Indeed "evil twin sister who's been torturing me for the past 26 years".

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    1. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 18:05

      U no dey tire 2 talk ? #issokay

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  14. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:53

    I refused to be scared.

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  15. Unknown23 April 2015 at 23:56

    Every night ghost or evil stories.

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  16. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:00

    Na wa!

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  17. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:02

    I've read about similar case somewhere. Really strange.



    #TeamBlessed#

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  18. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:10

    Na wa ooo

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  19. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:11

    Wonders shall never ever end I tell you.

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  20. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 00:13

    Wetin pple no go hear i tried for dis kind matter

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  21. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:20

    There is nothing we will not hear again

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  22. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:21

    There is nothing i wont hear ooo...na wa

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    1. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 00:33

      My frnd linda, u must be careful wit d kind of stories u place @ 9t, wat kind of a tin is dis u no want make we sleep.

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  23. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:23

    Oh God wah da hell is dis... cant evn read d story to start wit

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  24. Unknown24 April 2015 at 00:35

    Abeg lindy nxt one pls

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  25. Tboy24 April 2015 at 00:41

    Speechless

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  26. Blog It With Olivia24 April 2015 at 02:00

    Na wa o

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  27. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 02:04

    Linda it's very real, they are very rare but they occur. When twins seperate and one happens to die, the living twin will some how absorb the other twin into its body where the blood vessels of the living twin will nourishes the dead twin. They call it parasitic twin or some people call it infetus fetous (wrong spelling) but get my drift Linda lol.

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  28. Goaldyn Boy24 April 2015 at 02:05

    Mehhhn! That's not the kind of twin one is praying for!!!

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  29. Unknown24 April 2015 at 02:52

    Nah wah o, Thank God she is fine now。

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  30. Unknown24 April 2015 at 02:53

    Nah wah o, Thank God she is fine now。

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  31. Unknown24 April 2015 at 03:26

    Strange o

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  32. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 04:17

    Evil twin sister ! what a name for an ailment of that nature.

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  33. Unknown24 April 2015 at 05:02

    Holy Creep.

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  34. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 05:15

    Hail Medical Science & Doctors. God dey her side.
    Dr. Agbo.

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  35. victor24 April 2015 at 05:31

    Hmm you'll never find such a thing I'm Nigeria. We trully are blessed.

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  36. victor24 April 2015 at 05:32

    Hmm.

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  37. ary24 April 2015 at 06:02

    The world's wonders are abound, teratoma?

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  38. Anointed24 April 2015 at 07:01

    Story,there is nothg we will not hear in dis world....

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  39. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:16

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  40. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:16

    Things are really happening o hmmm!!!

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  41. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:18

    This is horrible. Kai!

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  42. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:20

    Nna Surgeons dey really try no be small. Linda take note!

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  43. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:35

    I don't even understand this...if na juju make them tell us....no be to dey call tetanus Abi na wetin...

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  44. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:55

    What will we not see and hear in this wicked world. Jesu gbawa o!

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  45. Unknown24 April 2015 at 07:57

    Freaking weird

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  46. candymoni24 April 2015 at 08:04

    WONDERS SHALL NEVER COME TO AN END WETIN PERSON NO GO HEAR

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  47. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 08:16

    Medically its called a benign teratoma and can be found in the ovaries as well as any other organ in the body, its not an evil twin, its an embryonic tumor meaning that during development, those cells that form the teeth, hair , bone migrated to other areas of the body where they began to grow aswell as their normal counterparts

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  48. Unknown24 April 2015 at 08:23

    Linda you can find stories sha.
    What is happening mbok!

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  49. Unknown24 April 2015 at 08:45

    Not Suprised, crazy things should happen in crazy countries like India

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  50. Unknown24 April 2015 at 08:45

    kinda scared o
    my God how did she live all this while with some undeveloped twin sis on her brain
    God i comet all the pregnant woman unto ur hands o



    Nimelda said so........

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  51. Unknown24 April 2015 at 08:54

    It's always the oyibo man giving names, there are so many medical discoveries here to...bt who cares

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  52. Unknown24 April 2015 at 08:56

    https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RZ7HGVT

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  53. Subomi24 April 2015 at 09:11

    thank you for messing up my morning Linda

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  54. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 09:19

    Linda: check update to your story here http://www.livescience.com/50600-embryonic-twin-teratoma.html

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  55. yawanow24 April 2015 at 09:34

    Really strange. How is that even possible.

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  56. yawanow24 April 2015 at 09:35

    Really strange. How is that possible.

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  57. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 11:01

    Doctors discovered she had a teratoma, a type of tumor that can contain all three of the major cell types that are found in an early stage human embryo.

    Although these tumors can originate during embryonic development, they aren't embryos, and they are not a person's "twin." They arise from germ cells, which are the cells that go on to later develop into a person's gametes (such as sperm and eggs). At early states, germ cells have the ability to turn into any cell in the body.

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  58. Unknown24 April 2015 at 11:12

    ewoooo, na where the akamu pass enter?

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  59. Anonymous24 April 2015 at 11:16

    This is what happens to any girl who puts any object in her mouth

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  60. Nky24 April 2015 at 14:23

    Na wa oo

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  61. zggy bee25 April 2015 at 09:45

    winchhhhh! thats just the nigerian in me.but seriously this is tres wierd and monumentally gross,how did she even survive another person living and prolly pooping in her brain.

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