Baby born with foot in brain

[postlink]https://med-mysteries.blogspot.com/2010/04/baby-born-with-foot-in-brain.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpk61xc8KF4endofvid [starttext]A teratoma is an encapsulated tumor with tissue or organ components resembling normal derivatives of all three germ layers. There are rare occasions when not all three germ layers are identifiable. The tissues of a teratoma, although normal in themselves, may be quite different from surrounding tissues, and may be highly disparate; teratomas have been reported to contain hair, teeth, bone and very rarely more complex organs such as eye, torso, and hands, feet, or other limbs. Usually, however, a teratoma will contain no organs but rather one or more tissues normally found in organs such as the brain, thyroid, liver, and lung. Sometimes, the teratoma has within its capsule one or more fluid-filled cysts and when a large cyst occurs there is a potential for the teratoma to produce a structure within the cyst that resembles a fetus. Because they are encapsulated, teratomas are usually benign, although several forms of malignant teratoma are known and some of these are common forms of teratoma. A mature teratoma is typically benign and found more commonly in females, while an immature teratoma is typically malignant and is more often found in males.

Teratomas are thought to be present at birth (congenital), but small ones often are not discovered until much later in life.

Definitive medical diagnosis of a teratoma is based on its histology; this diagnosis is made by a pathologist
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