Posted on 07/24/2007 6:46:21 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Chinese surgeons said Tuesday they successfully operated on a man with a massive 33-pound tumor that hung down from his face, obscuring his features and warping his backbone.
More than 10 doctors and nurses took part in the surgery that removed the tumor, said Xu Kecheng, president of Fuda Cancer Hospital in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
Huang Chuncai's facial tumor became noticeable when he was 4-years-old, the hospital said. It grew bigger and more quickly as he grew older, blocking his left eye, pushing his left ear to shoulder level, knocking out his teeth and deforming his backbone.
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Probably got it from eating cardbord dumplings.
Gee doc, think you can help me get this yooper off my butt?
Socialized medicine works, waiting period may be a bit long however.
It’s Naht Ah Toomah!
( /Arnoldvoice)
30 pounds of “Chinese beef” heading to America’s grocery stores.
I had a 140 pound tumor taken off my arse. My divorce attorney made a ton offthat operation.
NASTY!
What?...No pictures???
I watched a documentary about the worlds tallest woman I think she was from China.
But a tumor on her pituatary gland was the culprit.
No money no surgery.
She grew to 7ft 8 inch. IIRC
The first surgery was from docs pulling financial resources together and free care.
She was growing 2 inches in a year after the first surg. failed and the tumor grew back .
Her eggs/uterus shrunk to nothing due to the homones by the time she was in her late teens no more mensus.
Gave her meds to bring her hormones down to normal as they were 11 times higher than normal.
She was able to get the 2nd surg with docs/hosp contributing their time to save here life.
She was a unschooled peasent girl.
She went to work in the circus and was hidden away when for the sideshow when not working her act.
The circus guy ended up taking her to a remote area stealing her money and threatened to kill her.
Her mom and brother took care of her when she was bed ridden dut to the strain on her body from the non stop growing
How big was her tumor? j/k
Sad story.
I saw this guy on a news program last week. Geeesh, he must have been miserable. The tumor even streched out the skin around the eyes. The doctors were shown moving him around in bed and when the tumor was moved, his whole face streched out. It looked unreal, like some bad joke. I hope this operation has worked. He needs a break. I look for his case to be on a Discovery Channel show in the future. It would be facinating to watch the surgery and see the follow-up.
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