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Medicine in China found an unusual condition in a baby. On the back of the baby's 4-month-old girl was found in 12.7 centimeters long tails. China surgeons were planning to operate on the baby.

As reported by the Anhui Daily Market and quoted from Ananova.com, Monday (8/3/2010), baby girl who was given the name of Hong Hong, was born with a tail on her backside.

The baby's father, Hou said he was surprised to see the condition of his daughter who was born with a tail. He actually intends to cut the tail of the moment after his daughter was born, but the doctor forbade it.

"I want to cut it right after she was born, but doctors advised us to wait, he newborn is too weak for surgery," said Hou who lived in the town of Lixing, eastern Anhui province, China.

The father was a routine check these tails. He hoped that the tail is rapidly shrinking, but it happened just the opposite. Currently tail grow two times larger than before.

"Growing bigger and bigger," he said.

The doctors at Children's Hospital Anhui Province said, his side was quite surprised with what happened to the case of the baby. "Cases like this are very rare, the ratio of about one million. We have never seen anything like this before," said one doctor at the hospital, Doctor Sun June

The results of X-ray examination showed that the extra skin tumors associated with fat in the baby's spine. Doctor Sun said, the baby's surgery a success, but it is still too early to say whether further treatment is needed.