The parents of a baby born with two tubes growing out of his face instead of a nose have been told by doctors that he is doing well and will soon look completely normal.
The baby boy, who has been named Angelito - meaning little angel or cherub - was born at the hospital of Caleta, in the city of Chimbote, in the west Peruvian province of Santa.
The boy's mother Lorena Rodriguez Zavaleta, 20, and his unnamed father, are constantly at their newborn's bedside.
The baby boy, who has been named Angelito - meaning little angel or cherub - was born at the hospital of Caleta, in the city of Chimbote, in the west Peruvian province of Santa
The baby was transferred from his home in Nuevo Chimbote to the Hospital del Nino some 300 miles away in the Peruvian capital Lima where he will need to undergo an operation to treat the growths and give him a normal nose.
Paediatrician Jose Castillo said the unusual condition was the result of a very rare genetic deformity called Patau syndrome, which happens in just one in every 15,000 births.
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