5 months ago 03rd Jan 13:15
A US baby was discovered to have a pair of human feet embedded in his brain.
Sam Esquibel stunned doctors when they found two feet, a hand and thigh where they thought a tumour would be, during an operation performed when Sam was just three days old.
Mother Tiffnie Esquibel said: You'd never know if he didn't have a scar there
Doctors believe the discovery could offer a breakthrough in stem-cell research.
Dr. Paul Grabb - who performed the operation - said: "How does the body form complete extremities? Who is to say we can't grow a heart, leg or foot?
"This could show a window of what's possible."
Sam is now almost entirely recovered but will need a course of 25 physical therapy sessions to heal his head and neck.
Mother Tiffnie Esquibel said: "You'd never know if he didn't have a scar there."
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