Medical Anomalies—A Look at Unbelievable Medical Conditions

Overview Osteomalacia or sometimes referred to as rickets for children with this condition, is the softening of the bones caused by a lack...

Overview Ectopia cordis is a condition where the entire heart forms outside of the chest cavity. Sometimes the heart can be seen beating o...

Overview Over a decade ago in the Russian doctors began noticing high incidences of drug users with similar dark colored lesions on their ...

Overview Similar to my earlier post on  Apert syndrome , Crouzon syndrome is a condition where the bones in the skull begin to fuse togeth...

Overview Cyclopia, also known as cyclocephaly or synopthalmia, is the rarest birth defect. Unlike most birth defects where the child can g...

Overview of Porphyria Gunther disease is the one of the rarest and most severe form of porphyria. Porphyria is caused by a abnormalities o...

Overview A goiter is a result of an enlarged thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located just beneath the Adam's apple and right above...