Woman lived with teeth in her eye for 23 years
11 August Xinhua
Doctors operating on a tumour in Nagabhushanam Siva's left eye were
stunned to find the two fully-formed teeth embedded inside.The
23-year-old said: "I was born with an abnormal left eye and it continued
to swell over the years.
"My family was too scared to send me to see a doctor and during the
last few years it has grown much bigger."I had blurred vision so
eventually I consulted a doctor for help."
Nagabhushanam was diagnosed with Teratoma by doctors at a government
hospital in Chennai, southern India.
The tumour had pushed her eye inside its socket and protruded the
skin, blocking her vision and partially damaging the optic nerve.
The growth also left her unable to move her eyeball and had developed
lazy eye syndrome.Doctors said they had seen a few past cases of
Teratoma with tooth-like tissues embedded in the tumour, but fully
formed teeth were very rare.
Hospital Director, Dr K Vasantha, said: "A Teratoma is a mass of
tissue that contains cysts and sometimes contains hard tissues but fully
grown teeth is so very rare."
The removal of the tumour caused severe damage to Nagabhushanam's
optic nerve which has tragically left her permanently blind."Because it
was left untreated all these years the tumour was allowed to grow to
extraordinary lengths.
That resulted in the optic nerve damage," Dr Vasantha added.
Orbital Teratomas are rare embryonic tumors composed of tissues that
grow in the attempt to form an organ.The first case of this condition
the first case of this was reported over 100 years ago.
"I lived with two TEETH inside my EYE for 23 years": Doctors stunned
by bizarre discovery inside woman's tumour. |