Chinese Man has 33 Pound Tumor Removed from his Face.
 

Wild stuff.

A Chinese man recently went under the knife to have a 33-pound tumor removed from his face.

To put things in perspective, that weights as much as 2 bowling balls.

it's supposedly the largest tumor of it's kind to ever have been removed.

WARNING: images may be a touch disturbing.
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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.

Huang, 31, had trouble speaking, hearing and eating before the surgery.

..."

Full ABC Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=3410650


CNN stock video:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/hea...r.surgery.reut

Yikes!!!

holy shit... why on earth did he wait so long to get that shit removed? :(

Judas priest On A Pony... this thing is monstrous... Poor dude, you can't even see where his face is...

Sure beats Joseph Merrick - the "elephant man".

After over a quarter century of that thing growing, he sure qualifies for a more normal life.

:1orglaugh

I can hear the more conservative of the masses here chime in with:

"Socialized medicine"

any moment now.

:1orglaugh



Huang: "Hey Doc... I have this thing on my face...."

Doctor: "Hmmm... it's not so bad right now. Come back when it's 33 pounds."

:helpme

wtf!!! how could he live with it?

Did he need to use a pillow at night?

ouch that would ruin your life..

i'm eating pizza for a while

Oh my God:(

Why wait all that time to remove it? looks really terrible

It's probably better for me not to check out those pics.

shocking
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ffxi...ltumour1,0.jpg

The first thought that came to my mind was 'yikes'.

holy moly that hurts

insane... :( Poor fellow!