A GIRL in China is scheduled to undergo a lengthy four-stage operation to remove a "spare" arm growing from her back.
Ren Xin, 11, will have the extra limb removed by surgeons in Beijing next week.
Chinese
media has reportedly quoted doctors as saying that there had been less
than 20 cases of similar conditions reported around the nation.
But in a similar case earlier this month, doctors in India successfully removed four “extra” limbs from two-year-old Lakshmi, making headlines worldwide.
Lakshmi was originally a conjoined twin, but as her body grew the additional limbs became part of her body.
The two arms and two legs were removed in a marathon operation.
While Lakshmi provides a hopeful example Ren the case of an Indonesian man with root-like growths on his arms and legs has been without diagnosis – let alone surgry - for decades.
The 35-year-old, who has been dubbed “Tree-man”, is believed to be suffering a life-threatening condition.
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