{"id":256125,"date":"2016-10-08T13:41:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T13:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=256125"},"modified":"2016-10-08T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T13:41:26","slug":"indian-teen-has-a-20cm-tail-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/indian-teen-has-a-20cm-tail-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian teen has a 20cm ‘tail’ removed"},"content":{"rendered":"
A teenager with a 20cm “tail” growing at the bottom of his spine has undergone surgery to have it removed.<\/p>\n
It started to appear on the 18-year-old’s back just after his 14th birthday.<\/p>\n
He and his family, from Nagpur in India, had kept it a secret because they were worried he would be bullied.<\/p>\n
They finally went to see a doctor after it grew too long to hide – and had begun to develop a bone inside.<\/p>\n
It’s thought to be the longest ever recorded on a human – although cases are very rare.<\/p>\n