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Teenager suffering rare tumor gets 82 teeth removed in surgery

In a rare medical case to have emerged, an Indian teenager suffers a condition of 82 extra teeth. Doctors at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Indian state Bihar have performed surgery on a teenager who had a rare tumor.

Nitish Kumar, a 17-year-old, had been suffering from a complex tumor called ‘odontoma’ -an irregular growth linked to tooth development- for the last five years, that is found only in one person in about a million.

Over the years, his condition worsened due to a lack of treatment. Ahead of the surgery, his scans revealed that his jaw had severe swelling.

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