Newborn baby had fully-formed limbs inside his brain

December 18, 2008 @ 8:45 am

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Sorry for the somewhat gruesome image, but I just found this news story incredibly amazing. Apparrently two and a half months ago, the parents of newborn Sam Esquibel had to subject their 3-day-old baby to surgery to remove what was then believed to be a brain tumor. When doctors looked inside his brain, they found 2 fully formed feet, a hand, and a thigh!

Incredibly, the baby lived past the surgery and is now doing quite well with the help of physical therapy sessions to regain the use of muscles in the neck.

But wow, look at that image! A foot inside the brain!

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