Face tumor
This 16-year-old teenager is getting used to her new reflection after doctors were able to remove a 4pound tumor from her face. H.D. who lives in Haiti, had lived for years with the large tumor that had grown so large in recent years that it even moved her eye out of its socket and threatened her breathing. Doctors identified the tumor when she was 12, but local medical officials were unwilling to do extensive surgery on the teenager without better equipment and a more thorough diagnosis of the tumor. Without treatment her tumor started to grow, which caused extensive damage to her jaw and musculature. The tumor was so large that it even moved her eye out of place, rendering her nearly blind on one side. Members of Operation Smile, a charity that provides free surgery to repair cleft palates, were eventually alerted to H. condition and raised funds to bring her and her mother to America for surgery. "The tumor weighed four pounds but didn't' penetrate her skull, thank God," said the doctor. "Cells developed into abnormal structure that becomes this mass. It was dense and thick and heavy. It was amazing that this poor girl had been able to survive." It took doctors 12 hours to remove the tumor, which had grown so large that it threatened to block her airway if it kept growing at the same rate. She still faces a few surgeries, including one major surgery to fix her jaw, but despite the obstacles, the teenager is optimistic about her recovery
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This 16-year-old teenager is getting used to her new reflection after doctors were able to remove a 4pound tumor from her face. H.D. who lives in Haiti, had lived for years with the large tumor that had grown so large in recent years that it even moved her eye out of its socket and threatened her breathing. Doctors identified the tumor when she was 12, but local medical officials were unwilling to do extensive surgery on the teenager without better equipment and a more thorough diagnosis of the tumor. Without treatment her tumor started to grow, which caused extensive damage to her jaw and musculature. The tumor was so large that it even moved her eye out of place, rendering her nearly blind on one side. Members of Operation Smile, a charity that provides free surgery to repair cleft palates, were eventually alerted to H. condition and raised funds to bring her and her mother to America for surgery. "The tumor weighed four pounds but didn't' penetrate her skull, thank God," said the doctor. "Cells developed into abnormal structure that becomes this mass. It was dense and thick and heavy. It was amazing that this poor girl had been able to survive." It took doctors 12 hours to remove the tumor, which had grown so large that it threatened to block her airway if it kept growing at the same rate. She still faces a few surgeries, including one major surgery to fix her jaw, but despite the obstacles, the teenager is optimistic about her recovery
