Doctors Remove Rare Tumor From Child’s Brain That Was Growing Hair and Teeth
Doctors Remove Rare Tumor From Child’s Brain That Was Growing Hair and Teeth
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JERUSALEM, Israel Doctors at the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem have removed a life-threatening tumor from a child’s brain after it started growing its own hair and teeth.
The incident came to light when an Israeli couple took their baby boy for a check-up after they noticed an unusual lump on his head a month ago.
Doctors remove baby s grisly brain tumour that was growing hair and teeth
WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW: The boy s parents had discovered a lump on his head and took him to hospital, where doctors performed life-saving surgery. Thankfully, the tumour was benign and is unlikely to grow back
10:41, 26 JAN 2021
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It was determined that the mass was a rare type of tumour called teratoma (Image: Shaare Zedek Medical Center/Newsflash)
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