A six-month-old baby was subjected to a removal of her second mouth, which consisted of lips, teeth and tongue.
In a report published in the British "Daily Mail" newspaper, the author, Luke Andrews, said that when a mass first appeared after an ultrasound examination of the fetus, it was believed to be a cyst or tumor.
But as soon as she was born, doctors found that this lump was in fact nothing but a second mouth for this baby from Charleston, South Carolina, and she is among the 35 people suffering from a condition known as "double-sided" since 1900.
In a report in the British Medical Journal, doctors said that the child's second mouth had no relation to her main mouth, and that she could breathe, eat and drink normally. They added that this mouth sometimes secretes a clear liquid, which may be salivation, and the skin surrounding it sometimes flakes up. Preview (opens in a new tab)
The writer indicated that the process is a puncture of the lower jaw to remove additional dental supports in the second mouth.
In this context, the doctors said in their report, "After the surgery, this small woman had a slight swelling in the right part of the face at the level of the surgical opening in which the ultrasound examination was performed, and a fluid concentration has been detected." Puffiness disappeared within months without further treatment.
After a six-month follow-up, the cracks healed well, and the patient became nourished without difficulty, but she was unable to move her lower lip down.
This phenomenon has also been recorded in animals, such as chickens, sheep, cats and other animals, which is a rare disease.
According to scientists, this phenomenon is caused by problems in the proteins associated with the structure of the face during pregnancy, which can lead to the widening of facial features and reproduction of its features.