Fetus found inside the belly of a 2-year-old boy in Antique

ANTIQUE, PHILIPPINES - The parents of a 2-year-old boy are calling for help for their baby who needs to undergo operation to remove the fetus inside his belly.

This medical condition is known as "fetus in fetu" (or foetus in foetu). A quick search on this term led as to Wikipedia which according to them, this is a developmental abnormality in which a mass of tissue resembling a fetus forms inside the body.

Due to the said abnormal condition, the 2-year-old boy is having difficulty in breathing and unable to walk properly.

An estimate ratio, 1 out of 500,000 live births is said that a "Fetus in fetu" occurs.