Detection of teeth in neonatal brain

Before the development is faster than the other normal babies of the same age, the doctors have conducted capture and scanning the brain child and see that the molars in the baby's brain.

Then, the baby had to undergo brain surgery to remove the tumor. In it, which the doctors discovered that the tumor has grown into a complete tooth.

Boys in good performance status after being surgically retrieved the tumor. BS Narlin Beaty nervous foreign exchange explained that scientists know the form of this tumor is formed from the cell-like cells related to the tooth but so far no one's teeth in the skull tumor detection.

Dr. Beaty Narlin-a neurosurgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center who also perform surgery for the boy along with his colleague Dr. Edward Ahn of Johns Hopkins children's Center, said in the journal New England Journal of Medicine that a tumor might formed from the tooth-forming cells. " Skull u most often contain substances deposited calcium but the full tooth taken out as this case is individual. "

Craniopharyngioma is known to usually contain calcium but have never seen actually have these tumors like this that contain both teeth.

Dr. Beaty said: "this phenomenon before this ever happened, but it happened with u type Teratomas hell with three layers of the model. However, Craniopharyngiomas is just a tissue layer ".

According to the National Cancer Institute, these tumors are usually diagnosed in children between 5-14 years old and rare in children under age 2.

It is known that the baby is growing well. However, due to tumors of the pituitary are Craniopharyngiomas-glands in the brain is responsible for stimulating the vital hormone so they usually cause hormonal problems.

The tooth has been sent to a pathologist for further study.=