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Medicaltalks about 6 years ago
Baby born with a foot in his brain! That's right!

Baby born with a foot in his brain! That's right!

Medicine never stops to surprise us. Surgeons were shocked when, while removing a tumour from an infant's brain, they discovered body parts including a perfectly formed tiny foot. Dr Gibb found a foot, thigh and a hand inside the boy's brain during the operation at the Memorial Hospital for Children in Colorado. The growth could be one of two things: Teratoma, which is a mass that contains various incompletely formed body parts that may include hair and teeth. Or the much rarer condition of fetus in fetu which occurs when one twin engulfs the other in the womb. The growth proved to be non cancerous. Surgeons removed the growth days after his birth, his survival was described as a "miracle".

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about 6 years ago

Teratomas can pop up anywhere.

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about 6 years ago

Wow

about 6 years ago

Teratomes are one of the creepiest fcking things in medicine :o

about 2 years ago

sounds like a Stephen King novel...

about 6 years ago

Wow

about 6 years ago

Surprising

about 6 years ago

😨wooow..

about 6 years ago

Surprise

about 6 years ago

Sope

about 6 years ago

Not possible , don't put false medical information please

over 5 years ago

Anything is possible; as a medical professional, you should already know that. Infact, if you take even the smallest amount of hope away from a patient, you shouldnt be s doctor.

about 6 years ago

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1114608/Toddler-born-FOOT-brain-hailed-miracle-baby.html

about 6 years ago

Woowww w

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