12-Year-Old Girl Has Not Aged In Years

Local6: 12-Year-Old Maryland Girl Has Not Aged In Years

Imagine being frozen in time as a baby forever. It sounds impossible, but it describes Brooke Greenberg.

The Baltimore-area girl may look like a baby, but she's nearly a teenager. In most respects, Brooke looks and acts like your average 6-month-old baby -- she weighs 13 pounds and she is 27 inches long.

But Brooke is actually 12 years old, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore.

Brooke doesn't age. Her syndrome remains undiagnosed and unnamed, and as far as doctors can tell, she is the only one in the world who has it.

Dr. Laurence Pakula has been Brooke's pediatrician since she was born.

"In height, weight, she's 6 to 12 months," Pakula said. "If you ask any physician who knows nothing about her, the response is that she is maybe a handicapped 2-year-old."

The Local6 news site has a slideshow of images and a video of the girl.

Update (14/05/05): I have created another post with complete articles and a link to the video.

Update (15/05/05): I have another post containing links to older articles/newsgroup postings.

Update (16/05/05): An update has been posted that includes an email response from WBAL.

Update (17/05/05): Here's another email that someone received.

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