Baby Born With 'Tail' in Brazil: A 12-Cm-Long Limb With Ball-Shaped Mass at Tip

BRAZIL: A newborn baby from Brazil has a 12 cm long extension with a ball at the end, which doctors describe as "a real human tail." Human newborns do, in fact, develop a developmental tail while being in the pregnancy, around the four to the eight-week mark.

However, the growth is quickly absorbed by the body, culminating in the creation of the tailbone. The tail, however, continued to expand in this unusual example from Brazil.

The appendage featured a ball-shaped bulk at the end, according to photos published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. After surgery, the surgeons were able to effectively remove the 'chain and ball.' Surprisingly, the growth did not become apparent till the child was born. 

Just before the procedure, the physicians inspected the tail and found that there were no cartilage or bone pieces. This revealed that the outgrowth was a very unusual instance of a real human tail. There have been only 40 reported occurrences of newborns being born with real boneless tails, making this situation exceptionally unusual. 

By the time the kid was delivered at Albert Sabin Children's Hospital in Fortaleza, the 'tail' had grown 12 cm and produced a 4 cm diameter ball at the tip, according to the medical journal. According to the storey, the nameless baby was born without difficulties at 35 weeks. An ultrasound performed before birth found no indicators or worries about a tail being linked to the child's nervous system.

The appearance of a real human tail in newborns is an uncommon congenital defect that should be thoroughly studied using physical and radiological testing. Because the skin and the central nervous system share an ectodermal origin, it's critical for a paediatrician or paediatric surgeon to look for hidden spinal dysraphism in patients suspected of having skin lesions, as it could be the only visible abnormality.  

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