Medical Mystery! Meet The Baby With A Never Before Seen Brain Tumor

A two-week-old premature baby is currently a medical mystery to doctors abroad. The 2- weeks old  is born 17 weeks early came with a significant and mysterious tumor on her brain stem. 


Addison Faith Richburg was born in a hospital in Manning, South Carolina on August 12, just 33 weeks into her mother's pregnancy. Issues were first discovered when doctors noticed her head had already grown to the size it should be at 39 weeks into pregnancy. 

Suspecting fluid reservoir on the brain, doctors did scans and realized that Addison had hydrocephalus, meaning a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. 

Upon delivery, she was immediately taken in for an MRI to look at the reason for the fluid buildup and found that she had a large tumor at the base of her brain. 

At first doctors told them it looked like an incurable brain tumor that is normally found in older children and has a nine-month life expectancy at best.

Just as the family was starting to come to terms with that news, doctors backtracked and said they could be wrong.

And now, two weeks after Addy's parents are still desperately waiting for answers because she is too weak to be taken in for a biopsy.