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Canadian doctors see face in testicle

OTTAWA—Doctors in Canada saw a divine face in the testes of a man admitted to a hospital with severe pain and an inflamed scrotum, a scientific journal article said Wednesday.

Or at least, that is one possible explanation.

Two years ago, doctors at a teaching hospital affiliated with Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, spotted what appeared to be a face in ultrasound images of a 45-year-old patient’s scrotum.

“While scrolling through the ultrasound images, the residents and staff alike were amazed to see the outline of a man’s face staring up out of the image, his mouth agape as if the face seen on the ultrasound scan itself was also experiencing severe (pain),” doctors Gregory Roberts and Naji Touma wrote in the journal Urology.

“A brief debate ensued on whether the image could have been a sign from a deity (perhaps Min the Egyptian god of male virility); however, the consensus deemed it a mere coincidental occurrence rather than a divine proclamation.”

The growth turned out to be benign and surgeons removed the testicle.

The discovery was published in the latest issue of the journal Urology under the banner “The Face of Testicular Pain: A Surprising Ultrasound Finding.”

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  • Anonymous

    cool.
    So he kept his picture in his scrutum.
    PDI should’ve included some pictures.

  • Anonymous

     if this had happen here the religious fanatics will surely  fall in line to take turns in kissing his tescticles.

  • Anonymous

    I believe they call it “holy nuts”.

  • Anonymous

    the other day was Halloween in Canada.  Don’t take everything too serious.

  • Anonymous

    Too much scrumbled (himas) in the egg that’s the reason why it looks a human face…Lol..

  • antonioluna

    obispo damasos will be the first in line.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TNVY5PMFNA4CJKSOSZLILVZ45U marilou

    No truth to the rumor that this is a message to stop the RH Bill he-he!

  • Anonymous

    This should give GMA a brilliant idea. Why not have her doctors put out a CAT or MRI scan of her neck with an image of the Virgin Mary. This will then make her a religious icon that Pinoys will adore and worship. Kalimutan na ang lahat, all her sins will be forgotten.. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZJK5HRE7NKSIGYUYVWDLDUOXWE joel t

    if only pdi showed those pictures…

  • Anonymous

    1×1 or 2×2 pics? passport size??hahaha…the holy scrotum!!!

  • Anonymous

    so they will worship this? haha.. idolatry it is.. tsk tsk.. it’s just coincidence.. what a big deal!! waste of time… deceiving people



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