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Tue Jun 2

• Morbid Anatomy

Mon Feb 16

• Ultrasound Interactive Case Study: Parasitic Twin: AMAZING parasitic twins/fetus in fetu photos.

Sat Jan 31

• CNN story helps surgeon perform 'lifesaving' op - CNN.com

Sat Jan 24

• Baby Born With Foot in Brain | NowPublic News Coverage

Tue Dec 23

• Colorado Doctor Finds Foot In Newborn's Brain: A Colorado Springs family is part of one of the strangest cases in medical history. Dr. Paul Grabb, a pediatric brain surgeon, said he was surprised when he discovered a small foot growing inside the brain of 3-day-old Sam Esquibel. "The foot literally popped out of the brain," Grabb told TheDenverChann el Wednesday. 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.

Tue Nov 18

• Diagnosis - Brain Drain - NYTimes.com: Clark had seen teratomas. They were common in the reproductive tract, often found accidentally in the course of an operation or on a scan done for some other reason. These strange cysts have been a source of fascination since their discovery in the 19th century because, although smooth and normal-appeari ng on the outside, on the inside they often contain hair and teeth and other tissues not normally seen in the reproductive system. The name ?teratoma? is derived from the Greek word for ?monster,? because of their creepy contents.

Sun Nov 9

• Diagnosis - Brain Drain - NYTimes.com
• Diagnosis - Brain Drain - NYTimes.com: Ovarian teratoma encephalitis is so rare that it is still not well understood, but the author of the paper theorized that these particular tumors ? which have the potential to grow any type of cell in the body ? develop primitive brain cells. Somehow the immune system mistakenly identifies these cells as ?foreign? and makes antibodies to destroy them. These antibodies go on to attack the same kind of cells in the brain.

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