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Parasitic Twin To Be Removed From Peruvian Boy's Stomach

A parasitic twin is very similar to a conjoined twin; it is essentially a conjoined twin that exists solely inside the main child's body.
I can't decide if Peruvian toddler Isbac Pacunda is a lucky kid, or an unlucky one. Let's consider him lucky: doctors discovered his parasitic twin while he was still young, and the surgery is set for tomorrow. 
 
Pacunda's parasitic twin is situated in his stomach. It weighs about a pound and a half, is nine inches long, and has "some hair on the cranium, eyes, and some bones." A parasitic twin is very similar to a conjoined twin; it is essentially a conjoined twin that exists solely inside the main child's body. 

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