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Here’s a horrifying little story to kick off your weekend: A 16-year-old girl in Japan recently had a tumor surgically removed from her ovary — and when her doctors split it open, they found a tiny brain growing inside.
Or, you know, as the headline from Science of Us explained, “Doctors Found a Tiny Second Brain Growing Inside This Woman’s Tumor”.
Creepy, yes.
Unique, no.
The patient, who’s since made a full recovery, didn’t show any symptoms from the tumor (doctors just happened to notice it during an otherwise normal appendectomy). But if you thought, “Hey, I bet things can get a little weird when you have a tiny second brain inside your body,” oh boy, would you be correct ....
But come on. How often do you get to say you found a spare cerebellum?
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Romm, Cari. “Doctors Found a Tiny Second Brain Growing Inside This Woman’s Tumor”. Science of Us. 6 January 2017.
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