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DelosWorld

Foot in Brain Disease.

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(12/17/08 04:38 PM)

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Colorado Springs family is part of one of the strangest cases in medical history.

Dr. Paul Grabb, a pediatric brain surgeon, said he discovered a small foot growing inside the brain of 3-day-old Sam Esquibel.

The appendage threatened the newborn's life.

When Grabb performed the life-saving surgery at Memorial Hospital for Children in Colorado Springs, he was in for another surprise: he also found what appeared to be parts of an intestine in the folds of the infant's tiny brain, in addition to another developing foot, hand and thigh.

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thumbalenae

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(12/17/08 04:40 PM)

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ick.

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(12/17/08 04:43 PM)

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someone should hook him up with the Six Flags girl.

vivalasux

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(12/17/08 04:49 PM)

A lot of people here have foot and mouth disease.

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(12/17/08 07:14 PM)

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It sounds like a little person was growing inside of him

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(12/18/08 06:17 AM)

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other cases of Fetus in fetu...

Alamjan Nematilaev was the surviving host of a fetus in fetu. In 2003, aged 7, his school physician in Kazakhstan referred him to hospital after movements were detected in the boy's enlarged stomach. An operation intended to remove a cyst uncovered the fetus of Alamjan's identical twin brother, which had lived as parasitic growth inside the boy throughout his entire life. The fetus was comparatively highly developed, with hair, arms, fingers, nails, legs, toes, genitals, a head, and a vague approximation of a face.^[5]^[6]

In June 1999, the case of Sanju Bhagat a man from Nagpur, India attracted attention for the length of time (36 years) he had carried his parasitic "twin" inside his body, and the size of the growth. As Bhagat had no placenta the growth had connected directly to his blood supply.^[7]
In March 2006, Doctors in Pakistan removed two fetuses from inside a two month old baby girl.^[8]

In November 2006, a Chilean boy in Santiago was diagnosed with fetus in fetu shortly before birth. ^[9]

In August 2007, a two month old baby in Baguio from the Philippines named Eljie Millapes was diagnosed with fetus in fetu. The parents of Eljie Millapes were alarmed by the abnormal growth of the stomach of their two-month-old baby. Doctors later discovered that she was suffering from fetus in fetu.^[10]

In January 2008, a two month old baby in Medan, Indonesia named Afiah Syafina was diagnosed with tumor in her stomach. After the operation was done at January 19, 2008, the results were startling enough. The suspected tumor was a five month old fetus.^{[citation
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In May 2008, a two-inch embryo was removed from the belly of a 9-year-old girl at Larissa General Hospital in Athens after she was diagnosed with a tumor on the right side of her belly. The embryo was a fetus with a head, hair and eyes, but no brain or umbilical cord. ^[11]

In June 2008, a baby in Hejian city, China, was found to have an extra penis on his back, which doctors diagnosed as Fetus in fetu. ^[12]

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(12/18/08 07:41 AM)

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This story reminded me of the House episode about a child whose body had subsumed his twin.

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(12/18/08 08:15 AM)

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Ooohhh, it is grouse and dirty. I'm shocked and the people in the hospital are also shocked.

Cleofuss

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(12/18/08 09:05 AM)

Maybe he'll need that later....you know - replacement parts.

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(12/18/08 09:44 AM)

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I wonder if this will affect his brain developement later in life. To have a hand, thigh and foot removed must have done some damage to the brain.

DelosWorld

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(12/18/08 10:08 AM)

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They should have left a hand in there in case of drain bramage. That way he could have at least counted using his fingers.

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(12/18/08 10:13 AM)

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I knew as soon as I saw this story on CNN that this would be a topic in OT today. It makes me want to barf. A lot.

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(12/18/08 10:18 AM)

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Aunt Pappy

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(12/18/08 04:49 PM)

Yep, that's some strange shit.

DelosWorld

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(12/18/08 04:52 PM)

I've got one of those brain Jello molds. I'm thinking I'll make one of these for tomorrow's department holiday party. I had my review today so they couldn't possibly hold it against me.