Tumor Was Undeveloped Twin

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I just discovered that a tumor removed from a relative's spine during a dangerous but successful operation was an undeveloped twin called a "teratoma tumor" and had bone, brain, teeth, hair, eyes, torso, and limbs.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I bet that relative is freaked out for everything they are worth.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      I bet that relative is freaked out for everything they are worth.
      Apparently not, from what I can tell. The prospect had been get operation or die, with a strong chance of ending up paralyzed after operation or dying during operation. He's just happy that it was a successful operation and he didn't end up paralyzed, whatever the nature of the tumor.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Update: I just discovered that said relative was indeed so freaked out about it after all that he publicly broadcast information on the tumor removed from his spine. Here it is:


    On January 22nd I had a major operation. They opened a 13 centimer section of my spinal cord and removed a tumour. The doctors say they have never, in thousands of operations, ever seen a tumour like it.

    It looks like a salamander and has clearly defined eyes and a tail. I took a picture of it with my cell phone camera.

    It may be what was responsible for the weird visions I had of the nature of the universe. Since it was on my spinal cord it was directly attached to my brain.

    As I said before, it has what appears to be eyes and a mouth and the doctors reported some hard matter (spine?) in the tail of the creature. It was 8.3 cm long. "
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    I just discovered that a tumor removed from a relative's spine during a dangerous but successful operation was an undeveloped twin called a "teratoma tumor" and had bone, brain, teeth, hair, eyes, torso, and limbs.
    These weird-sounding things are actually a little more common than people generally realise. (They're often in the form of "cysts" rather than "tumors". Not normally with all the parts you describe, I'm sure, but finding hair and teeth in them is by no means unknown).
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      These weird-sounding things are actually a little more common than people generally realise. (They're often in the form of "cysts" rather than "tumors". Not normally with all the parts you describe, I'm sure, but finding hair and teeth in them is by no means unknown).
      Tests revealed that this was an undeveloped twin. If the twin had developed, they likely would have been Siamese twins attached at the spine.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Old adage -- truth is stranger than fiction. That would certainly apply to this one. I find it very spooky.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Old adage -- truth is stranger than fiction. That would certainly apply to this one. I find it very spooky.
      It is spooky. That was a living flesh with brain and limbs encapsulated by his spine, directly connected to his spinal cord. That means that he had two brains and he thinks maybe it had an impact on his perception of things. He's is a very strange person and that would not be the strangest thing about him, yet I suspect that you'd like him if your paths crossed (not likely since he lives in Japan an has got no plans to go to the States). We went to a restaurant with him the other day when he was visiting Vancouver. He's very odd and very entertaining. My toddler was amused by him.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    Oh that would really freak me out. I guess it was actually lucky for him that it didn't develop, I imagine siamese twins joined at the spine wouldn't have much chance of separation.
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