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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 07:49 AM
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Foot found in newborn's brain
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."



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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 07:51 AM
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1. Not that unusual
we have a president that was born with a foot in his mouth!
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 07:52 AM
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2. Insert Dubya joke....
nah---tooo easy.
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 07:56 AM
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3. Good grief!
Washing up on the shores of Canada and now this!
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 07:58 AM
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4. It reminds me of Andrea Martin's character in 'My Big, Fat Greek Wedding."
Edited on Fri Dec-19-08 07:58 AM by Dennis Donovan
eww...
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 07:59 AM
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5. self delete
Edited on Fri Dec-19-08 07:59 AM by Jamastiene
Thought I was in the Lounge. Nevermind.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:13 AM
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6. straight out of "The Dark Half" ...
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 09:22 AM
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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.....
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 10:05 AM
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11. the book pointed out that there were plenty of body parts taken
out of the skull ...
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nebenaube Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:23 AM
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7. I am confused...
I am confused... is this a 'partial-birth' abortion?
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:50 AM
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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.
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Mugweed Donating Member (939 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 08:56 AM
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9. No big deal.
Most Republicans are born and continue to live with their heads up their asses.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 10:11 AM
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12. This thread is useless without pictures
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 04:56 PM
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13. I think the medical term is terratoma.
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