Rare case: the boy was born in the Philippines - "unicorn"

An unusual baby was born in one of the clinics of the Philippines. On his head "flaunts" horn. For this, the doctors immediately called the newborn. "unicorn child".

Such a "horn" is a tumor. Encephalocele considered a very rare malformation.

The tumor is so large that it is not at all clear how the doctors who observed the pregnant woman did not notice her. During gestation pathology went unnoticed.

Despite the fact that the tumor looks frightening, the brain of the crumbs did not suffer, so soon the child will have an operation to remove the "horn".

Children - "unicorns" are born, according to statistics, rarely. There can be only one such case per 100,000 births. Typically, encephalocele affects brain structures and poor prognosis of physicians. This Filipino boy got lucky.

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