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Brain in the left thigh

Rodney H Strahan
Med J Aust 2002; 177 (11): 672.
Published online: 9 December 2002

Fetus in feto is a known phenomenon; could this be one? Or neural tissue in a dermoid cyst? Whatever, the patient appears well endowed, with the CT scan showing a spare brain and spinal cord in the thigh muscles.

  • Rodney H Strahan

  • Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, VIC.

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