Russia (bbabo.net), - In Udmurtia, doctors operated on a baby with a rare defect. A two-month-old child had a large teratoma removed - this type of tumor occurs 1 time in 35,000 cases, the regional Ministry of Health reported.

In order for the child to live and develop normally, the operation had to be performed as soon as possible after birth. Especially for this, a doctor of medical sciences, deputy chief physician of the Moscow hospital named after Izhevsk was invited to Izhevsk. N.F. Filatova Olga Mokrushina. She flew to Udmurtia for one day to help save the life of a patient.

The doctors of the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital assisted the capital's surgeon. The operation was successful. Now, according to doctors, the child remains under the supervision of neonatologists in intensive care. The baby's condition is assessed as stable.

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A teratoma is a tumor that can contain cells, teeth, hair, and sometimes organs and body parts. They arise due to a violation of the development of germ cells, an underdeveloped parasitic twin can become a teratoma.

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