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Obviously I hope everything is fine with the baby - no more complications and he remains healthy, but so crazy and so cool.b, 21b, 21_____________________________________b, 21b, 21Foot found in baby's brainb, 21 TheStar.com - HealthZone - Foot found in baby's brainb, 21 b, 21December 18, 2008 b, 21THE ASSOCIATED PRESSb, 21b, 21COLORADO SPRINGS???A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumour he removed from the brain of a U.S. infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts.b, 21b, 21Dr. Paul Grabb says he operated on Sam Esquibel at Memorial Hospital for Children, Colorado Springs, after an MRI showed a microscopic tumour on the newborn's brain. Sam was three days old and otherwise healthy.b, 21b, 21Grabb says that while removing the growth, he discovered it contained a nearly perfect foot and the formation of another foot, a hand and a thigh.b, 21b, 21"It looked like the breach 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."b, 21b, 21Grabb isn't sure what caused the growth but says it may have been a type of congenital brain tumour. However, such tumours usually are less complex than a foot or hand, he said.b, 21b, 21The growth may also have been a case of "fetus in fetu" ??? in which a fetal twin begins to form within another ??? but such cases very rarely occur in the brain, Grabb said.b, 21b, 21Sam's parents, Tiffnie and Manuel Esquibel, say their son is at home now but faces monthly blood tests to check for signs of cancer or regrowth, along with physical therapy to improve the use of his neck. But they say he has mostly recovered from the Oct. 3 surgery.b, 21b, 21"You'd never know if he didn't have a scar there," Tiffnie Esquibel said.
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