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    Has a human cyclops ever lived to adulthood?

    Question #111075. Asked by unclerick. (Nov 26 09 5:29 PM)


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    		As they are mythological figures I would say "no" (not in the real world).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops

    Nov 26 09, 6:41 PM
    star_gazer

    		It is extremely rare that is does happen in humans; and they are never known to live to be adults.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holoprosencephaly

    Nov 26 09, 7:17 PM
    queproblema

    		"It is incompatible with life."

    "Cyclopes are rare congenital abnormalities; a severe form of holoprosencephaly resulting in children being born with just one eye. It results from failure of the cerebral hemisphere to separate during fetal development. The incidence is 1 in 13,000 live births but present in 1 in 2500 pregnancies that end up as miscarriage. It is incompatible with life."
    http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijn/vol10n1/cyclops.xml

    The complication isn't just the presence of one central eye instead of two eyes in symmetry, but the malformation of the nose and breathing apparatus and of the brain.

    Nov 26 09, 11:18 PM

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