Foot in brain baby 'a miracle', says mother


	Foot in brain baby 'a miracle', says mother

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1-15-2009 10:12 AM

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Surgeons removed the growth from Sam Esquibel's head days after his birth in 
  October, and the three-month-old boy is now said to be fit and healthy.
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New photos of the operation show the blood vessels inside the tumour, which 
  also included other partially-formed body parts including a second foot, a 
  hand and a thigh.
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Doctors now believe that the condition was probably a teratoma, a type of 
  tumour that contains hair, teeth, bones and body organs but usually does not 
  occur in the brain.
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