Chinese Man with 33 Pound Tumor on his Face

A Chinese man prepares to undergo an operation to remove a 15-kilogramme tumour from his face.

Huang Chuncai suffers from the world's most extreme recorded case of neurofibroma, a steadily growing tumour that has left him in continual pain and forced him to withdraw from society. But now doctors in southern China are preparing to carry out an operation the thirty-one-year-old hopes will transform his future.

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video: Reuters