The baby had a birth tail on her back, Photo: File
Brasilia: The Brazilian-born girl had a 6cm tail covered with skin on her back, but doctors said it could be surgically removed at the age of three.
Experts say that the baby girl was born with spina bifida, a type of neural tube defect, a rare disease in which the baby develops a defect in the spine in the mother’s womb.
This defect creates a gap in the spine and the tissue around the baby’s spine in the mother’s womb develops into an organ that protrudes from the back and looks like a tail.
According to Al Arabiya News, when the girl was three years old, an expert surgeon at the Grandac Children’s Hospital in Sao Paulo separated the baby’s tail from the body after a 3-hour long and complicated operation. The condition of the girl is out of danger.
Less than 200 cases of this type have been recorded worldwide. The girl’s identity has not been revealed at the request of her parents.
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