Baby With 3 Arms May Have Surgery
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 31, 2006; 8:51 AM
SHANGHAI, China -- Doctors in Shanghai are considering surgery options for a two-month old boy born with an unusually well-formed third arm.
Neither of the boy's two left arms is fully functional and tests have so far been unable to determine which was more developed, said Dr. Chen Bochang, head of the orthopedics department at Shanghai Children's Medical Center.
"His case is quite peculiar. We have no record of any child with such a complete third arm," Chen said in a telephone interview. "It's quite difficult to decide how to do the operation on him."
Media reports said other children have been reported born with additional arms and legs, but in all those cases it was clear what limb was more developed.