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| Drawing of a skull of a child born in 1783 in Bengal, affected by craniopagus parasiticus |
Craniopagus parasiticus is an extremely rare type of parasitic twinning occurring in about 4 to 6 of 10,000,000 births.[1] In craniopagus parasiticus, a parasitic twin head with an undeveloped body is attached to the head of a developed twin. Fewer than a dozen cases of this type of conjoined twin have been documented in literature.
- ^ Kansal, Ritesh; Kale, Chirag; Goel, Atul (October 2010). "Craniopagus parasiticus: A rare case". Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 17 (10): 1351–1352. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.053. PMID 20655232.