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Nancy Swabb, of Chicago, holds 10-month-old Dominique on March 21, 2017, at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge. The infant from the Ivory Coast was born with four legs and two spines. A March 8 surgery at the hospital removed the parasitic twin that had not fully developed.
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Nancy Swabb, of Chicago, holds 10-month-old Dominique on March 21, 2017, at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge. The infant from the Ivory Coast was born with four legs and two spines. A March 8 surgery at the hospital removed the parasitic twin that had not fully developed.

Successful surgery performed on baby from Ivory Coast

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Advocate Children’s Hospital surgeons have successfully operated on a baby from Ivory Coast in West Africa who was born with two spines and an extra set of legs protruding from her neck and back.

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