{"id":96307,"date":"2014-07-08T22:34:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=96307"},"modified":"2014-07-08T22:34:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T18:34:26","slug":"man-has-worlds-largest-tumour-removed-from-his-leg-after-birthmark-grew-to-17-stone-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=96307","title":{"rendered":"Man has world’s ‘largest tumour’ removed from his leg after birthmark grew to 17 STONE mass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beijing,<\/a>Doctors have removed what is believed to be the world\u2019s largest tumour from a man\u2019s leg \u2013 after it grew to more than 17 stone.<\/p>\n

Yang Jianbin, 37, from Shanxi Province, China was born with a dark birthmark on the right side of his lower back \u2013 and noticed it getting larger when he was nine.<\/p>\n

By the time he was 12, it had increased to the size of a fist and he had surgery to remove it.<\/p>\n

But despite medical intervention, it started to grow again and a recent hospital check in Beijing revealed that the tumour had increased to an enormous 110kg \u2013 more than 17 stone.<\/p>\n

Chief surgeon Chen Minliang said Yang suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that affects the normal growth and development of cell tissue.<\/p>\n

Yang had said previously that the huge tumour was so big he could only lie down or sit on bed all day.<\/p>\n

He was given two hospital beds to accommodate the 1.2m tumour, which made up two-thirds of his total body weight.<\/p>\n

Removal surgery involved nine doctors and lasted 16 hours. During the procedure, the patient received 5,000ml of blood, which is more than the entire amount an adult’s body holds.<\/p>\n

But he is said to be recovering well and is expected to be discharged from hospital in Beijing later this month.<\/p>\n

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