The above photo shows an anomaly that occurred in a newborn in Columbia; the full report is here, in Spanish. It's a case of agnathia [no jaw] holoprosencephaly complex. If (probably when) it occurred in antiquity, may well have inspired the legend of Cyclops. There is another possible origin of the legend:
...prehistoric dwarf elephant skulls – about twice the size of a human skull – that may have been found by the Greeks on Crete and Sicily... the large, central nasal cavity (for the trunk) in the skull might have been interpreted as a large single eye-socket. Given the inexperience of the locals with living elephants, they were unlikely to recognize the skull for what it actually was...
Via Buzzfeed.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for your question, anon. The original report described offered details of the case, but the link was dead. Fortunately I was able to find a new link to the case tonight, so that's fixed. Here's a paragraph in English via Google Translate:
Delete"Newborn dead for 36 weeks of gestational age, mother of 28 years old (parents not by blood), the product of the second pregnancy without exposure to teratogens. Regular prenatal care until week 30, when through identifying obstetric ultrasound, ventriculomegaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, abnormal position of the ears and retrognathia. The mother consultation by absent fetal movements at 36 weeks of gestation, a new ultrasound is performed that confirms previous findings and diagnosed stillbirth; iterative cesarean."
I feel bad 4 him
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