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Medical Mysteries, Bizarre Cases

Too effin unbelievable? Yes, but weird enough.
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You've got to be yolking! Teenage boy, 14, lays an EGG in front of baffled doctors - and he says he's squeezed out nearly two dozen over the last few years
  • Teenage boy claims to have laid 20 eggs from his rectum in the past two years
  • Akmal, 14, from Gowa in Indonesia says he has been laying eggs since 2016
  • When cracked open the eggs appear to be either all yoke or all white
By PETER DEVLIN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 03:16 GMT, 22 February 2018 | UPDATED: 13:13 GMT, 22 February 2018

If you're eating breakfast now is your last chance to turn away.

A teenage boy has claimed to have laid 20 eggs in the past two years, completely baffling doctors.

Akmal, 14, from Gowa in Indonesia says he has been regularly laying eggs since 2016.

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A teenage boy has claimed to have laid 20 eggs over the past two years, completely baffling doctors (X-ray pictured)

When cracked open Akmal's father claims the eggs laid by his son appear to be either all yolk or all white.

The 14-year-old has been repeatedly hospitalised for his condition, and recently laid two eggs in front of doctors.

His father Rusli said: 'In two years he laid 18 eggs and two today, so in total there have been 20. I cracked the first egg and its content was all yellow, no white.'

But doctors are baffled by his condition, saying its 'impossible' for eggs to form inside the human body, the Daily Star reported.

A spokesperson from the hospital said: 'Our suspicion is that the eggs were deliberately shoved into Akmal's rectum. But we did not see it directly.'

Akmal's father denied this.

More at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5420483/Indonesian-boy-claims-laid-20-eggs.html

I'm shell shocked.
 
How could he get it in and out without breaking it?
 
Here's another case of an anomalous mass turning out to be a sizable tumor ...

A Man's 'Beer Belly' Was Actually a Massive Tumor
A New Jersey man's "beer belly" turned out to be a 30-lb. (13.6 kilograms) tumor.

The man, Kevin Daly, realized something was wrong when he lost more than 30 lbs. in 2015, but his belly fat didn't budge ...

A CT scan revealed that the man's belly bulge was in fact a rare type of tumor called a liposarcoma ...

Liposarcomas are tumors that grow in fat tissue, according to the Genetic and Rare Disease Information Center (GARD). Because these tumors can spread to surrounding tissues or organs in the body, they are considered malignant.

Liposarcomas most often develop in fat tissue found in the thigh, behind the knee or in the abdomen, GARD says. (Indeed, Daly's tumor arose from fat tissue in his abdomen.) ....

FULL STORY: https://www.livescience.com/62156-beer-belly-liposarcoma.html

And in case you wondered, here's what a 30-lb. tumor looks like ...

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Also, super-gonorrhoea is probably one of those heroes from the DC movie universe.

I like to think of it as a kaiju from Toho studios, as in Godzilla vs Super Gonorrhoea. Probably followed up by Godzilla vs Mecha Gonorrhoea or somesuch.
 
There are times here when it isn't safe to consume certain fish from coral waters because of giguatera toxins.

And there are times when I think that everything in Australia WILL kill us...

No worries mate - she'll be right.
 
The clustering of these atypically numerous ocular melanoma cases is the main weirdness here. Since both clusters have emerged in the southern USA, it's tempting to theorize that sun exposure may be a common element.

Mysterious Eye Cancer Cases Pop Up in 2 States, and Doctors Can't Explain It
Dozens of people in Alabama and North Carolina have developed a rare eye cancer — and doctors don't know what's behind the apparent spike in cases in these areas, according to news reports.

So far, 18 people with this eye cancer, known as ocular melanoma, have been identified in Huntersville, North Carolina; and another group of more than 30 people in Auburn, Alabama, also say they've been diagnosed with the condition, according to CBS News. The condition typically affects just six out of every 1 million people per year, CBS reported.

What's more, three of the Alabama cases are friends who attended Auburn University at the same time.

"Most people don't know anyone with this disease," Dr. Marlana Orloff, an oncologist treating some of the patients at Thomas Jefferson University's Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) in Philadelphia, told CBS News. "We said, 'OK, these girls were in this location, they were all definitively diagnosed with this very rare cancer — what's going on?'" ...

Right now, doctors don't know the answer to the question, but they say something in the environment could be a factor, CBS reported.

Ocular melanoma is a cancer that develops in cells in the eye that produce the pigment melanin, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). The cancer usually begins in the middle layer of the eye called the uvea. The exact cause of ocular melanoma is unknown, but according to AAO, risk factors for the condition include: exposure to sunlight or tanning beds over long periods; light eye color; older age; and certain inherited skin conditions or having a mole in the eye. ...

FULL STORY: https://www.livescience.com/62444-mysterious-eye-cancer-cases.html
 
risk factors for the condition include: exposure to sunlight or tanning beds over long periods; light eye color; older age; and certain inherited skin conditions or having a mole in the eye. ...

Could a combination of tanning practices and light eye colour be to blame? A batch of faulty tanning beds might account for a cluster.
 
Could a combination of tanning practices and light eye colour be to blame? A batch of faulty tanning beds might account for a cluster.

Something along that line would seem to fit the Auburn (Alabama) cluster, which includes a number of folks who attended Auburn University during the same period.

It may be more likely that any equipment deficiencies or faults had to do with tanning goggles rather than the tanning beds themselves.

Unfortunately, the published material to date doesn't specify how prevalent either tanning salon usage or light (blue; green) eye color was among the patients.
 
Something along that line would seem to fit the Auburn (Alabama) cluster, which includes a number of folks who attended Auburn University during the same period.

It may be more likely that any equipment deficiencies or faults had to do with tanning goggles rather than the tanning beds themselves.

Unfortunately, the published material to date doesn't specify how prevalent either tanning salon usage or light (blue; green) eye color was among the patients.

Hmmm, yup, the tanning goggles being faulty rather than the machines? Seems like another good lead. Not sure the eye colour would be of much importance in that case, though of course we wouldn't know!
 
A weight of 132 pounds makes this a remarkable tumor ...

Surgeons Remove 'Very Rare' 132-Pound Ovarian Tumor
Connecticut surgeons recently removed a 132-lb. (60 kilograms) ovarian tumor from a woman's abdomen.

The tumor, a "benign [noncancerous] mucinous ovarian tumor," was removed during a 5-hour surgery that involved more than 20 specialists at Danbury Hospital, according to a news release from Western Connecticut Health Network.

A "mucinous" ovarian tumor is a type of epithelial ovarian tumor, meaning that it grows from the cells that cover the outside of the ovaries ... Most tumors that grow from these cells are noncancerous; however, in cases where these types of tumors are cancerous, they are very dangerous, as they are often not diagnosed until the disease is advanced ...

The woman had gone to her gynecologist after she experienced a rapid weight gain — about 10 lbs. (4.5 kg) a week — over a two-month period, according to the release. A CT scan showed that she had a large mass on her ovary. ...

"I might expect to see a 25-lb. [11 kg] ovarian tumor, but a 132-lb. tumor is very rare," Dr. Vaagn Andikyan, a gynecologic oncologist at Danbury Hospital who operated on the woman, said in the statement.

Andikyan noted that when he met the woman, she was "extremely malnourished because the tumor was sitting on her digestive tract, and she used a wheelchair because of the tumor's weight."

The surgeons were able to successfully remove the tumor, as well as the woman's left ovary, in a single operation. They also removed excess skin from her abdomen during the same surgery.

The woman went home two weeks after the surgery, and she is expected to make a full recovery, according to the statement.

FULL STORY (with photo): https://www.livescience.com/62474-surgeons-remove-132-pound-tumor.html
 
My wife watches a show in the states called "Body Bizarre". The subject matter is often rare and gigantic growths-tumors. Some neck and or facial tumors shown exceed 30 pounds. At times surgeons have treated poor third world souls without money-health care, "much to their credit". A sad-disturbing show. Often many surgeries have to be performed and although much improved the afflicted individuals are still left with issues.
 
There are times here when it isn't safe to consume certain fish from coral waters because of giguatera toxins.

And there are times when I think that everything in Australia WILL kill us...

No worries mate - she'll be right.

Australian water are perhaps the most dangerous of waters. Blue Ringed Octopus, concentrations of sharks (including Great Whites, Reef Sharks, Bull Sharks), giant Salt Water Crocs which venture into the ocean and reefs, sea snakes, the deadly Stone Fish, Box Jellyfish lurk about.

The video displays many of these animals. Please deactivate-mute the sound, the music sucks.

 
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Here's another case of a massive tumor mistaken for ordinary weight gain ...

Woman's Odd Weight Gain Turned Out to Be a 50-Pound Ovarian Tumor
A woman in Alabama who couldn't seem to lose weight turned out to have a massive tumor on her ovary, according to news reports.

The 30-year-old woman, Kayla Rahn, had experienced stomach pain and weight gain for months, and even had trouble with everyday activities like walking, according to local news outlet WSFA. "I couldn't even walk to my car without losing my breath," Rahn told WSFA.

Doctors told Rahn she simply needed to lose weight, but despite her weight-loss efforts, she continued to put on pounds.

Rahn's pain got so bad, she ended up in the emergency room, where doctors finally identified the problem: a 50-lb. (23 kilograms) mass on one of her ovaries. ...

Rahn had a type of tumor known as a mucinous cystadenoma, according to WSFA. This type of tumor is benign and arises from the tissue that forms the outer layer of the ovary, called the epithelium ... Mucinous cystadenoma tumors account for about 15 percent of all ovarian tumors. ...

These tumors are filled with a thick, gelatinous fluid. They can become quite large, with some reported to weigh more than 300 lbs. (136 kg) ... Just last month, doctors removed a similar 132-lb. (60 kg) ovarian tumor from a woman in Connecticut ...

Most often, these tumors occur in women ages 20 to 40, but cases have also been reported in teens and postmenopausal women, according to a 2014 review article. ...

SOURCE (with photos): https://www.livescience.com/62957-womans-50-pound-ovarian-tumor.html
 
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FYI: The full story includes photos of the patient's abdominal enlargement as well as the excised mass ...

Pumpkin-Size 'Giant' Fibroid Removed from Woman's Uterus
Doctors in Singapore successfully removed a so-called giant uterine fibroid weighing about 61 lbs. (28 kilograms) from a 53-year-old woman's abdomen ...

Medically speaking, a fibroid earns the descriptor "giant" when it weighs in at 25 lbs. (11 kg). In the woman's case, however, the mass tipped the scales at more than double that weight.

Fibroids, or "uterine leiomyomas," are a type of benign, or noncancerous, tumor of the uterus. They may be as small as a seed or grow so big that they form a bulky mass that can distort and enlarge the uterus, according to the Mayo Clinic. In most cases, fibroids don't cause symptoms, the Cleveland Clinic says, but symptoms such as excessive bleeding during menstruation, pain during intercourse, frequent urination or a feeling of fullness in the lower abdomen can occur. ...

The woman in this case sought medical attention because the fibroid's weight had made it difficult for her to move around, leaving her largely bedridden ... The woman also experienced some shortness of breath, both when she moved and when she lay down, said Lim, who treated the woman. ...

All told, the fibroid was about the size of a large squash, measuring about 26 inches (65 centimeters) across as its widest point ... It took up the woman's entire abdominal and pelvic cavity, extending up to the very bottom of her breastbone ...

FULL STORY: https://www.livescience.com/63524-giant-fibroid-surgery.html
 
This Irish woman was left with a potentially life-threatening injury from being hit in the neck by a wave (as in a wave of water at the beach) ...

A Woman Was Hit By a Wave at the Beach. It Ruptured One of Her Arteries.
A woman's beach vacation took an unexpected turn when she was hit so hard in the neck by a wave that it ruptured one of her arteries, according to a recent report of her case.

The 60-year-old woman, who lives in Ireland, was vacationing at the beach when an ocean wave struck her in the neck.

Soon, she began to experience intermittent headaches and neck pain, according to the report, published Sept. 12 in the journal BMJ Case Reports. After two weeks, she was still having these symptoms, and one of her eyelids began to droop, prompting her to seek medical care. When doctors examined the woman, they noticed that one of her pupils was smaller than the other. ...

The woman was initially diagnosed with Horner syndrome, which refers to a combination of symptoms caused by a disruption in a nerve pathway from the brain to the face, according to the Mayo Clinic.

... In the woman's case, further imaging tests revealed that she had "carotid artery dissection" (CAD) in her right carotid artery. This occurs when blood leaks into a tear within the wall of the carotid artery, and as the blood pools, it separates the layers of the blood vessel wall. The right carotid artery is one of four arteries in the neck that delivers blood to the brain.

The dissection likely happened because the wave's impact led to a rupture of the "vasa vasorum," or the small blood vessels within the wall of the carotid artery, the authors wrote in the report.

Dr. Etimbuk Umana, an emergency medicine doctor at Galway University Hospitals in Ireland, who treated the patient, said that, prior to the woman's case, he had never seen or read any reports of a beach wave causing CAD. But unusual neck movements or blunt trauma to the neck (such as trauma experienced in a car crash) are known causes of CAD, he told Live Science. It's estimated that trauma causes up to 40 percent of cases of CAD, the authors wrote.

One concern for patients with CAD is the risk of stroke; indeed, the condition is a common cause of stroke for people under 50, according to the Cedars-Sinai medical centerin Los Angeles. A stroke can occur if a blood clot forms at the site of the blood vessel dissection and that clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain.

For this reason, patients with CAD may be treated with anti-clotting drugs (such as blood thinners) to prevent stroke.

But for patients who have a rupture of the vasa vasorum, anti-clotting drugs might actually pose a risk of increased bleeding, the report said.

The woman was initially treated with anti-clotting drugs, but the treatment was stopped, in part due to concerns about bleeding risk. Also, the woman didn't have any signs of stroke or other brain problems.

The woman was monitored closely and took Lyrica (pregabalin), a medicine used to treat nerve pain, to help with her pain. Six months later, tests showed that the artery injury had completely healed. The authors said that more studies are needed to weigh the risks and benefits of anti-clotting drugs for patients like the one in this report.

SOURCE: https://www.livescience.com/63720-beach-wave-ruptures-womans-artery.html
 
The weight of water can be very destructive. I heard of a young man who was swimming in a pool and turned his neck suddenly to reply to a shout from a friend. He was left totally paralysed for the rest of his life. :(
 
This is the most bizarre cause of pregnancy I've ever read about.

In short, a woman born with no vagina became pregnant after giving oral sex, swallowing the fruits, being caught in or shortly after the act by her ex-, being stabbed in the abdomen and the ingested sperm making its way from the stomach, through the now ruptured intestinal tract and into her otherwise inaccessible reproductive system!

Oral Sex, a Knife Fight and Then Sperm Still Impregnated Girl
By LAUREN COX
Feb. 3, 2010

A strange tale of oral sex, a knife fight and the most unlikely of pregnancies recently brought to light by the blogosphere has doctors touting the triumphant persistence of sperm.

In 1988, a 15-year-old girl living in the small southern African nation of Lesotho came to local doctors with all the symptoms of a woman in labor. But the doctors were quickly puzzled because, upon examination, she didn't have a vagina.

"Inspection of the vulva showed no vagina, only a shallow skin dimple," so doctors delivered a healthy baby boy via Caesarean, the authors wrote in a case report published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Her birth defect -- called Mullerian agenesis or Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome -- didn't necessarily surprise doctors, but her pregnancy did. Even the 15-year-old girl could not believe she was pregnant.

Yet by looking at her records the hospital staff realized the young woman was in the hospital 278 days earlier with a knife wound to her stomach. The average pregnancy lasts 280 days. After interviews, they gathered that "Just before she was stabbed in the abdomen she had practiced fellatio with her new boyfriend and was caught in the act by her former lover. The fight with knives ensued."

The girl arrived at the hospital with an empty stomach -- and therefore with little stomach acid around -- and doctors found two holes from a stab wound that opened her stomach up to her abdominal cavity. The case report said doctors washed her stomach out with a salt solution and stitched her up.

"A plausible explanation for this pregnancy is that spermatozoa gained access to the reproductive organs via the injured gastrointestinal tract," the authors wrote.

Infertility experts note the story, which resurfaced on a Discovery magazine blog, is not only a testament to Murphy's Law but one to arguably nature's most impressive swimmers: sperm.

More specifics, mostly on the ultra-durability of sperm, but also citing nay-sayers :
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Welln...nant-sperm-survival-oral-sex/story?id=9732562
 
This is the most bizarre cause of pregnancy I've ever read about.
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Wow ... This is at least as weird as the classic myth about the Civil War bullet passing through a soldier's gonads and carrying his viable sperm into the genitals of a female nearby.
 
Here's the first 'massive tumor' story of the new year ...
Idaho woman has 50-pound tumor removed
An Idaho woman who thought she was gaining weight because of menopause discovered she actually had a 50-pound tumor that had been growing inside her for decades.

... Brenda Cridland of Meridian chalked up her weight gain to aging, but when her health started to quickly decline about eight months ago she decided to see a doctor.

That’s when a CAT scan revealed she had an enormous tumor that had displaced her organs and was cutting off the blood supply to her brain. Cridland said she underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery to remove the mass, which luckily was benign.

Cridland says she lost 65 pounds in the process, and learned the tumor was caused by undiagnosed endometriosis. She says she ignored red flags about her health, and hopes her story will remind other women that they shouldn’t avoid seeing a doctor.

SOURCE: https://www.apnews.com/995f62df46294ad8b0441a5c408d45ed
 
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