It's somethin' that one expects and regularly sees on the front cover of the National Enquirer and the Globe. But this story is apparently true and involves a very rare medical condition, it's sure the first time I've ever seen and heard of it.
ABC News: A Pregnant Man?: "Aug. 23, 2006 — Sanju Bhagat's stomach was once so swollen he looked nine months pregnant and could barely breathe.
Living in the city of Nagpur, India, Bhagat said he'd felt self-conscious his whole life about his big belly. But one night in June 1999, his problem erupted into something much larger than cosmetic worry.
An ambulance rushed the 36-year-old farmer to the hospital. Doctors thought he might have a giant tumor, so they decided to operate and remove the source of the bulge in his belly.
'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.'" full story
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