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Sanju Bhagat carried his parasitic twin in his stomach for nearly four decades. It so that long because his swollen stomach was mistakenly caused by a tumor. It was during an operation to remove the "tumor" in June 1999 that doctors discovered it was actually his twin brothers body that has been growing inside him. Here's the video of the operation.

"Basically, the tumor was so big that it was pressing on his diaphragm and that's why he was very breathless," said Dr. Ajay Mehta of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. "Because of the sheer size of the tumor, it makes it difficult [to operate]. We anticipated a lot of problems."

Mehta said that he can usually spot a tumor just after he begins an operation. But while operating on Bhagat, Mehta saw something he had never encountered. As he cut deeper into Bhagat's stomach, gallons of fluid spilled out -- and then something extraordinary happened.

"To my surprise and horror, I could shake hands with somebody inside," he said. "It was a bit shocking for me."

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