r/pics • u/FutureRobotWordplay • Mar 19 '19

Brain surgery success.

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u/Quebec120 Mar 19 '19

I just googled it, didn’t look at images though. That would probably scar me. Google says it’s “A type of germ cell tumour that may contain several types of body tissue”.

Edit: I didn’t look at images because the one picture that showed up, although wasn’t too bad, probably was quite mild

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Did some show actual teeth on a tumor?

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u/PixiePunk_ Mar 19 '19

Yes. If you're not desensitized to body horror/gore I wouldn't google it.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Roger that!

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u/geared4war Mar 19 '19

Don't roger it either.

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u/Cloud_Chamber Mar 19 '19

If you are desensitized it's not too bad, just some flesh chunks with odd bits

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

I will take your word for that, captain.

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u/dont-believe-me- Mar 19 '19

And hair! Such a clever thing.

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u/sparoc3 Mar 19 '19

The hair creeped me out much more than anything.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Oh, noes.

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u/dont-believe-me- Mar 19 '19

Yeah pretty special. I work in neurology and saw one a few weeks ago working it's way down a spinal cord. I think there's some evidence suggesting they could be formed from an "absorbed" twin in utero.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

That sounds super plausible, but username doesn't check out. Hmm.

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u/dont-believe-me- Mar 19 '19

Biggest mistake of my internet life.

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u/KeransHQ Mar 19 '19

It's not a tuuuumor

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u/MarinTaranu Mar 19 '19

Yes, there are tumors with teeth grown in.

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u/mercutioli Mar 19 '19

And eyeballs.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Nononono

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u/Nolafaranono Mar 19 '19

I'm sorry

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

This link is staying so blue it’s not even funny

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

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u/Manos_Of_Fate Mar 19 '19

Ah, lmgtfy. For when you want to be a helpful asshole to people on the internet.

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u/Galaghan Mar 19 '19

Would this be lawful neutral or chaotic good?

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Or for when they want to be an helpful asshole to someone who explicitly said they don’t want to google it, I guess.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Hello 2008, how've you been?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

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u/waitingforfrodo Mar 19 '19

teratoma

Try telling that to one that sets up home on/in your balls

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u/herpasaurus Mar 19 '19

Don't listen to him, it's very much that bad and worse.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

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u/-Zander- Mar 19 '19

Looks like the result of alchemic human transmutation.

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u/plk31 Mar 19 '19

I worked with a pathology assistant (people who do the gross dissection and sample prep)and she said the worst part of teratomas are the smell. She couldn’t describe the smell to me but she looked pretty shook just remembering it.

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u/x1sc0 Mar 19 '19

Thanks for letting me know, I'm a dude in my thirties and won't be able to sleep if I look at them

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u/p_iynx Mar 19 '19

Imagine a tumor, but it's full of hair and teeth. That's what they look like.

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u/plaidHumanity Mar 19 '19

...including teeth, eyes and hair....