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Tumor Man - Huang Chuncai, a 31-year old Chinese man with a giant facial tumor seen in pictures below, has undergone an operation to remove a 25-pound tumor from his face, five months after another 33-pound tumor was removed.

The giant facial tumors afflicting “Tumor Man” Huang Chuncai result from a disease known as neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder of the nervous system that primarily affects the development and growth of nerve tissues.

The tumors began growing at age four, eventually growing so large they distorted his face, giving him a facial appearance similar to Jabba The Hutt of Star Wars fame.

It grew larger at an ever faster rate, blocking his left eye, pushing his left ear to shoulder level, knocking out his teeth and deforming his backbone.

Because the facial tumor restricted his ability to eat, Huang is only 4.5 feet tall and had trouble speaking, hearing and eating before the surgery.

Here, the tumor man is wheeled into surgery. More than 10 doctors and nurses took part in the hours-long surgery that removed the first 33-pound tumour in August, 2007.

Huang Chuncai underwent a second operation on January 7th, 2008 to remove an additional 25 pounds of facial tumor.

Xu Kecheng, president of the hospital, said the surgeons’ biggest challenge was to avoid massive bleeding because there were large blood vessels in Huang’s tumor.

Tumor Man First Surgery

One the doctors who operated on Huang, Niu Lizhi, said the surgical team prevented bleeding by freezing the tumour.

“I was so nervous and felt so much pressure during my brother’s operation,’ his brother Huang Weicai said. ” When I saw that the tumour had been cut off I could relax. It was more than 10 kg, unbelievable.”

Tumor Man Second Surgery

Niu said Huang is being closely monitored and that he expects the patient to be discharged in about a month. 

And that’s the latest news on Huang Chuncai, the Tumor Man.

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