Grey's anatomy-what did they remove from the pregnant man's abdomen?

[arwen]

I missed that bit but heard earlier that it had teeth???

also does anyone know why or how derek killed Pauline in Eastenders? I missed that bit too!

many thanks

[AitchTwoOh]

a teratoma. there would have been a twin at some stage and his body would have developed around it. they can grow, so i think that was the gist. bascially it can be some of the component parts of a baby, hair, teeth, bones etc but the wee thing grows wonky so never really is a baby or has a brain as far as i'm aware. there was a doc on channel four about a wee boy whose twin was inside him.

[arwen]

Thanks, I'm guessing it grew in sympathy with his wife's pregnancy (if that makes sense..)

[AitchTwoOh]

don't know. i think they can just grow gradually or be sparked by something.

[margo1974]

Derek didn't kill Pauline, it was Jo

[arwen]

Who is Jo?

[McDreamy]

I had one and had to have it removed when I was 18.

[AitchTwoOh]

did you really? how did you find out abou it?

[McDreamy]

It twisted on itself and I collapsed and was rushed in - massive faff as I was originally diagnosed with appendicitis. Eventually found it after a scan and I had it surgically removed. It wasn't as big as the chap on the TV, my surgeon described it as the size of a jaffa orange.

[AitchTwoOh]

poor little nearly-fella. how did you feel about it when they told you?

[McDreamy]

I was ok about it but my mum was a little upset - sort of a miscarriage 18 years late!

[AitchTwoOh]

goodness... i suppose it must've felt strange knowing that she might have had twins. and you didn't think 'but i might have been a twin?'

[McDreamy]

Yes I suppose but I wasn't bothered really. I was so sore and they faffed for so long I was convinced the pain was in my mind so I think I was relieved there was something wrong. The whole carry on took 6 months from initially having the pain to having the surgery.

[AnthonyPandy]

March 2007 is a really really long time ago.