Thoracomelus
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Thoracomelus is a developmental anomaly in which parts of a parasitic fetus develop on the chest of a well-developed fetus. It is a form of parasitic thoracopagus.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
THORACOMELUS, a developmental anomaly in which individual parts of another, parasitic fetus develop somewhere on the chest of a well-developed fetus (thoracopagus parasiticus). See Thoracopagus; compare also Notomelus.
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“Thoracomelus.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/thoracomelus/