Photo - Woman who had two Teeth Removed from her left Eye by doctors after 23 years

In what seemed like an unbelievable event, doctors had their hands full in addition to their already dazed minds. Doctors operating on a tumor in Nagabhushanam Siva’s left eye were stunned to find the two fully-formed teeth embedded inside.

The 23year old said she was born with an abnormal left eye and it continued to swell over the years it has grown much bigger. So she consulted a doctor when she had blurred vision.


Teratoma was the diagnosis that was given to Nagabhushanam by doctors at a government hospital in Chennai, southern India. The tumor had pushed her eye inside its socket and protruded the skin, blocking her vision and partially damaging the optic nerve. The growth also left her unable to move her eyeball and had developed lazy eye syndrome.

Doctors said they had seen a few past cases of Teratoma with tooth-like tissues embedded in the tumor, but fully formed teeth were very rare.

 Hospital Director, Dr K Vasantha, said: “A Teratoma is a mass of tissue that contains cysts and sometimes contains hard tissues but fully grown teeth is so very rare.”

The removal of the tumour caused severe damage to Nagabhushanam’s optic nerve which has tragically left her permanently blind.