It's Not a Tumah! It's a Foot!

Posted by Alex in Medicine on December 19, 2008 at 12:49 am


Dr. Paul Grabb thought he was removing a benign tumor from a newborn’s brain. Instead, he found a tiny foot:

Grabb said he could not tell whether the miniature limbs were from a benign stem cell tumor called a teratoma or the remnants of an identical twin that did not split off and survive, a condition called fetus in fetu.

"It looked like the breach delivery of a baby, coming out of the brain," Grabb told The Associated Press. "To find a perfectly formed structure is extremely unique, unusual, borderline unheard of."

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Previously on Neatorama: Fetus in Fetu: the Male Pregnancy


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13 comments to "It's Not a Tumah! It's a Foot!"

  1. Johnny Cat
    December 19th, 2008 at 1:42 am

    Well, that's one fine how-do-you-do! I kinda wanna play dodgeball now, for some reason.

  2. Skipweasel
    December 19th, 2008 at 4:17 am

    "extremely unique" Arrrrrgh.

  3. Evilbeagle
    December 19th, 2008 at 5:05 am

    Well, ain't that a kick in the head?

  4. Max Power
    December 19th, 2008 at 6:07 am

    I shouldn't eat in front of the screen anymore. :/

  5. SenorMysterioso
    December 19th, 2008 at 7:35 am

    Interesting

  6. karla anne
    December 19th, 2008 at 8:21 am

    omg was that picture completely necessary? ick!

  7. sise
    December 19th, 2008 at 11:21 am

    In Amerika, Brain thinks YOU.

    0.o

  8. Christophe
    December 19th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    Would he give a headbutt or a kick?

  9. Homer J. Simpson
    December 19th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Paging doctor Black Jack!

  10. violet
    December 19th, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    Toe jamb.

  11. Ali S.
    December 19th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    Madre de Dios! O_o

  12. liphttam1
    December 20th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    I wish I wasn't about to through up right about now..

  13. Oriza
    December 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    I heard about this when I read "The Dark Half" by Stephen King. It's really quite a fascinating, if disturbing, condition.


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