Foot found in newborn's brain

[Coexist]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/18/tumor-found-in-newborn-sa_n_152033.html

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumor he removed from the brain of a Colorado Springs infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts.

Dr. Paul Grabb said he operated on Sam Esquibel at Memorial Hospital for Children after an MRI showed a tumor on the newborn's brain. Sam was 3 days old and otherwise healthy.

Grabb said that while removing the growth, he discovered it contained a nearly perfect foot and the formation of another foot, a hand and a thigh.

"It looked like the breech delivery of a baby, coming out of the brain," Grabb said. "To find a perfectly formed structure (like this) is extremely unique, unusual, borderline unheard of."

[Uben]

1. Not that unusual

we have a president that was born with a foot in his mouth!

[trumad]

2. Insert Dubya joke....

nah---tooo easy.

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Good grief!

Washing up on the shores of Canada and now this!

[Dennis Donovan]

4. It reminds me of Andrea Martin's character in 'My Big, Fat Greek Wedding."

eww...

[Jamastiene]

5. self delete

Thought I was in the Lounge. Nevermind.

[zbdent]

6. straight out of "The Dark Half" ...

[Donnachaidh]

10. at least it wasn't an eyeball that blinked at the surgeon

The Dark Half scared the crap out of me when I read that bit ewwwww.....

[zbdent]

11. the book pointed out that there were plenty of body parts taken

out of the skull ...

[nebenaube]

7. I am confused...

I am confused... is this a 'partial-birth' abortion?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. A partially formed twin

I think they are called parasitic twins--anyway, they can be connected to any part of the body of the host twin. I knew someone who had "a little brother" in their abdomen--only found out about it after surgery, just like this. It is more common for these type of twins to grow on the outside, on a leg or even from the chest. "Very Special People", a book about human oddities that exhibited themselves in the past, talks about them and even has photos of a few of them who exhibited themselves in side shows.

[Mugweed]

9. No big deal.

Most Republicans are born and continue to live with their heads up their asses.

[Bucky]

12. This thread is useless without pictures

[no_hypocrisy]

13. I think the medical term is terratoma.