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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DK119" data-source="post: 10526914" data-attributes="member: 139682">1) Jose: the man with no face<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_jose.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Jose has one of the most extreme facial  tumours ever seen in medical history. The 51-year-old, from Portugal,  is in danger of being suffocated by it unless he undergoes drastic  surgery.  Unemployed, he is blind in one eye as a result of the giant weeping growth that has consumed his features; the tumour has taken over his mouth and tongue, ballooning his lips, twisting his gums and breaking his teeth off.  The deep, 15cm long growth - which started as a birth  mark when he was just 11 - was sparked by abnormalities in his  capillaries and veins.  It started to get much bigger when he hit 16 and  has been expanding ever since.  H e recently flew to the UK to discuss the possibility of surgery to  remove part of the tumour.  But because his mother was a Jehovah's Witness, he refused any surgery  because his religion means he can't have blood transfusions.  Doctors in London came up with a plan to remove parts of the growth bit by bit - without transfusion.2) Huang Chuncai: 44 pound (20kg) tumor on his face<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_Chuncai.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />On 2008, a Chinese man named Huang Chuncai  underwent surgery to remove a 20kg or 44 pound tumor on his face. The  surgery was successful but due to the large size of the tumor, only a  part of it was removed at that time. Just a few days ago, Huang Chuncai went into the operating room again to  remove another part of that facial tumor. This time, it was a large 4.5kg (9.9lb) chunk of flesh from his face. The tumor was originally 23kg in total. This still leaves 17.5kg of facial tissue from this tumor on his face (1kg was removed in the first surgery and 4.5kg was removed in the second surgery). Huang Chuncai suffers from Neurofibromatosis, a rare genetic disorder that causes growth on nerve tissues. 3) Huang Liqian: 33 pound (15Kg) tumor on his neck<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_Liqian.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This man from China finally had a huge tumour removed on 2007, after discovering it 17 years ago.  Huang Liqian,  58, first discovered a bizarre growth on the back of his neck in 1990,  but chose to ignore it.  However, as the years rolled on, it continued  to increase in size at a rapid pace, with the growth ballooning  to 15kg.  Liqian was taken to the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongging  University of Medical Services in southwest China's Chongging, where he  had the tumour removed. 4) Chen Zongtao: 154 pound (70kg) tumor on his right leg<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_Zongtao.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Victim Chen Zongtao,  29, lives in a remote Chinese village and hasn't been able to afford  medical help.  The growth first started on his left foot when he was two  years old.  But it soon spread across to his right leg and engulfed it. Over the  years, it has ballooned in size to weigh more than 70KG or 154 pounds.  Doctors at the hospital in Changsha, central China's Hunan province,  have been probing the tumor. Zongtao is said to be suffering from  neurofibroma - a usually-benign tumour originating in nerves.  It is not  yet clear if medical teams plan to take action on the growth.  5) Gao An-ni: tumor in her underlip<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_Gao.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Gao An-ni, an 8-year-old girl from the rural countryside in An Yuan county  in East China's Jiangxi Province, suffers from a tumor in her underlip.  An-ni was born with a tumor in her underlip, and she couldn't receive  timely treatment for the poverty. On 2007, her father took her to see  doctors at the Hospital affiliated with Gannan Medical College. But when  doctors there told him that the operation to cure the tumor and the  following cosmetic surgery might cost a lot for the family, the father  decided to bring back his daughter to their hometown.6) Lai Ti Dao: 10 pound (4.5KG) tumor on her face<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_lai.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Vietnam's Lai Ti Dao  suffered from a massive Schwannoma tumor, a benign growth that began  with a small lump in her tongue but swelled over the years to a size  roughly one-third her body weight.  The tumor makes it difficult to eat, talk and even walk because its  size throws the girl’s small frame off balance. The growth is now  dangerously close to cutting off her airway. On 2008, a team of surgeons  at the University of Miami had a marathon 10-hour procedure to cut away the growth, which weighted an estimated 10 pounds.7) Phuon: another facial tumor, no luck<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_Phuon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Phuong is a 27-year old who has a facial tumor that began to grow  at age 7, and quickly took over his entire left face, enveloping his  eye and ear, clearly keeping him from living a normal life. He has had  three surgeries before, but the tumor grown back each time. Recently, no  local doctors or international team visiting the area has offered to  take his case, due to the risk involved with the blood loss and the need  for careful post-op care. This case would be considered a difficult  case and booked for a full day in the OR.8) Chantal Sébire: Suffered from esthesioneuroblastoma, died through euthanasia<img src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a369_Chantal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A retired French teacher, Chantal Sébire  suffered from esthesioneuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, and fought  for the right to die through euthanasia. In 2000, she was diagnosed with esthesioneuroblastoma, a rare form of  cancer of which only 200 cases have been reported in the past 20 years.  Sébire refused any treatment at the time of her diagnosis, not wishing  to take the risk of the surgery or medications. On March 19, 2008, she was found dead in her home. An autopsy conducted  on March 21, 2008 concluded that she did not die of natural causes.  Subsequent blood tests revealed a toxic concentration of the drug  Pentobarbital, a barbiturate that is not available in French pharmacies  but is used elsewhere in the world for the purpose of physician assisted suicide.</blockquote>

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