" A baby with one eye in the center of the forehead and no nose was born in India last week.
The baby, who survived only one day, surprised the doctors when he was removed by Caesarean section the mother of 34-year-old Veena Chavan, said the news portal AOL News.
Dr. Ashok Anand, professor of gynecology at the hospital, told reporters that "the child possibly suffered from Cyclopia.
A sonogram at 32 weeks of pregnancy revealed the baby had hydrocephalus, which means that water had accumulated in the brain. According to the report of the medical staff wanted to perform a bypass procedure in utero, but could not due to the advanced stage of its mandate.
The mother told the press that he hated to lose and not being able to see his son.
"This was my third pregnancy. I lost my son earlier, while it was carrying. I was told the baby had water on the brain, but never expected the baby is born with a eye and no nose, "he told reporters.
Surprisingly, this form of cyclopia occurs in about one in 250 embryos and is a rare form of holoprosencephaly, which affects the way in front of the brain during fetal development. Cyclopia, is when the eyes and nose do not form properly.
In 2006 a girl in Chennai, India survived despite rare genetic mutuación and was taken to his home, but health status is unknown. "
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