Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose

Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose

Meet a real-life Pinocchio who was born with a rare condition causing his brain grew into his nose in Maesteg, Wales, UK.

Ollie Trezise was born with a soft tissue on his nose, which is appeared to be his own brain that had grown through a crack in his skull.

Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose
Ollie Trezise has a rare defect called encephalocele

The defect is known as encephalocele that is characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brainthrough openings in the foetus' skull.

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Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose
The defect is extremely rare with just 1.7 in every 10,000 births in the UK
Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose
Ollie with his sister Annabelle

When Ollie was almost two years old he had to undergo several complex operations that closed the gap in his skull and allowed him to breath properly.

Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose
Ollie has had several operations to fix the opening in his skull, causing part of the brain to grow through the gap

Although the toddler has now fully recovered he has regular check-ups at hospital, where doctors monitor his brain development to decide whether he needs further surgery or not.

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Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose

Encephaloceles occur rarely, at a rate of one per 5,000 live births worldwide. Ethnic, genetic, and environmental factors, as well as parental age, can all affect the likelihood of encephaloceles.

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