The 23-year-old took the drastic action after a scan at the Health Care Center for Women and Children in Yichang City, in Central China’s Hubei Province.
Sans showed the foetus had developed a 'tail-like growth' but no legs.
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#1 Doctors at the hospital told Wu that the foetus was suffering from a rare condition known as sirenomelia, or "Mermaid Syndrome"
A young woman terminated her pregnancy after six months when doctors told her she was carrying a mermaid-like foetus, it has been reported.
The 23-year-old took the drastic action after a scan at the Health Care Center for Women and Children in Yichang City, in Central China's Hubei Province.
Sans showed the foetus had developed a 'tail-like growth' but no legs.
It also did not have a bladder and had a stunted liver, reports said.
#2 The mum had gone for a scan, like this one
Doctors at the hospital told mother 'Wu' the foetus was suffering from a rare condition known as sirenomelia, or "Mermaid Syndrome".
It is a rare congenital deformity in which the legs are fused together, giving them the appearance of a mermaid's tail.
Wu decided to terminate her pregnancy after specialists estimated that the baby would only survive for a few hours after birth.
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#3 Shiloh Pepin, an American dubbed "Mermaid Girl", suffered one of the world’s most well-documented cases of sirenomelia
The causes behind Mermaid Syndrome are still a medical mystery and it is said to occur only once in every 100,000 pregnancies.
Shiloh Pepin, an American dubbed "Mermaid Girl", suffered one of the world's most well-documented cases of sirenomelia.
Despite undergoing 150 operations during her relatively short lifetime, she still passed away in 2009 at the age of 10.
#4 Milagros Cerron, another child born with sirenomelia
Later she underwent a successful operation to separate her legs.
According to reports, there are only two known survivors of Mermaid Syndrome in the world today.
