In February 2014 a four-month-old boy in Maryland had surgery to remove a brain tumor. Upon operating, doctors discovered several fully-formed teeth within the tumor – similar to the teeth in the lower jaw. The tumor, an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, is believed to be the first of its kind to grow teeth. However, teeth have been documented growing in other types of tumors that also develop from the same class of cells responsible for creating teeth. One noteworthy example is Nagabhushanam Siva, a 23-year-old woman in India who developed a tumor in her eye. The tumor began to blur her vision, and upon receiving treatment, doctors found two fully-formed teeth inside the tumor. This is the 70th documented case of teeth growing inside the human eye. Unlike the adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma found in the young boy, teratoma tumors contain all three types of tissue found in human embryos. These types of tumors are often found in the liver, lungs and brain. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2569243/Baby-fully-formed-teeth-growing-inside-BRAIN-rare-tumour.html#ixzz350KGTsrj

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