*high five*
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_855914.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery
Woman to have 12 stone tumour removed
A woman is to undergo an operation to remove a giant tumour that weighs almost twice her normal body weight.
Lucica Bunghez, 46, will be operated on by a team of Romanian and US doctors at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest next week.
The Discovery Channel agreed to foot the bill for the £250,000 cost of the operation in exchange for the film rights.
Ms Bunghez, whose normal body weight without the 12 stone tumour is just under seven stone, suffers from the rare genetic disease Von Recklinghausen's Disease.
The tumour, which first appeared in her back region, now covers most of her body, Romanian media reported.
The largest tumour ever removed by surgery weighed 14 stone and was taken from an American woman in an operation performed at a hospital in Chicago in 1998.
The woman survived the operation and is now reported to be living a full and healthy life.
Story filed: 10:54 Thursday 15th January 2004
yay! i love closure.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_855914.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery
Woman to have 12 stone tumour removed
A woman is to undergo an operation to remove a giant tumour that weighs almost twice her normal body weight.
Lucica Bunghez, 46, will be operated on by a team of Romanian and US doctors at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest next week.
The Discovery Channel agreed to foot the bill for the £250,000 cost of the operation in exchange for the film rights.
Ms Bunghez, whose normal body weight without the 12 stone tumour is just under seven stone, suffers from the rare genetic disease Von Recklinghausen's Disease.
The tumour, which first appeared in her back region, now covers most of her body, Romanian media reported.
The largest tumour ever removed by surgery weighed 14 stone and was taken from an American woman in an operation performed at a hospital in Chicago in 1998.
The woman survived the operation and is now reported to be living a full and healthy life.
Story filed: 10:54 Thursday 15th January 2004
yay! i love closure.
