A baby is born with a third arm in an incredible place

A rare medical event surprised doctors in India after the birth of a baby with three arms

The child is in good health but his birth was a shock for his family and for the doctors who attended.

In addition to two correctly placed arms, the newborn has a third arm behind his back.

This extremely rare disease, polymelia is a congenital malformation characterized by the presence of excess limbs. It usually happens when the separation of monozygotic twins has not been completed, or when monozygotic or dizygotic twins "merge".

On the images circulating on the internet, the child's third arm is much smaller than his "normal" arms, with three not fully formed fingers.

The solution in such cases of polymelia is usually amputation.

During the development of an embryo, the formation of the clumps of cells that will become the arms takes place during the fourth or fifth week. Only it happens that at this time other small clusters form on the embryo and then grow into additional limbs.

Although this disease is extremely rare, several cases have nevertheless been identified in recent years.

In addition to this baby, the case of a little girl, also born in India, was talked about in 2016 when she was born with a third leg attached to her spine.

Another case occurred in Iraq, during the birth of a newborn whose the two arms and the two legs of his twin, who had not finished forming, had come to attach themselves to his own body.

In all cases, the babies were able to be operated on and are doing well.