In China, an operation was performed to remove a four-month-old girl's … tail
Four months ago, a woman from the eastern Chinese province of Anhui gave birth to a daughter who was diagnosed with a tail about 5 cm in length by amazed doctors, according to newsru.com.
The child's parents wanted to have the operation and remove the tail immediately, but the child was too weak for such a procedure, in connection with which the doctors suggested waiting four months.
As the doctor of the children's clinic of Anhui province Song Jun noted, "such a case occurs once in a million, we have not seen anything like this before."
It should be noted that during this time the tail has increased in size. Now it was 12 centimeters long and 3 centimeters in diameter. X-rays showed that the tail was growing from a fatty tumor on the girl's spine.
If the doctors did not perform the operation, then as the tail grows, the neoplasm would also increase in size. It would put pressure on the nerves, and by 2-3 years the girl would be paralyzed.