Indian surgeons remove a FOOTBALL-sized tumour from man, 19

Indian surgeons remove a FOOTBALL-sized tumour that engulfed the face of a 19-year-old man during a mammoth 14-hour operation

• Amar Samad comes from a remote village 302 miles (486km) west of Kolkata
• He was confined to his home over the last 10 years as the mass slowly grew
• Poverty-stricken Mr Samad was gifted the complex 14-hour operation for free 
• Local reports state that he had hyper-parathyroidism jaw tumour syndrome

Surgeons have successfully removed a football-sized tumour that engulfed the face of a 19-year-old Indian man.

Amar Samad’s enormous deformity had confined him to his home, and made him struggle to see, eat, and even breathe.

The mammoth 10lb (4.8kg) tumour had slowly grown over the last 10 years, covering a large part of the left side of his face.

Poverty-stricken Mr Samad was gifted the complex 14-hour operation to remove the mass and rebuild his upper jaw and nose for.

Amar Samad’s enormous deformity had confined him to his home, and made him struggle to see, eat, and even breathe

Poverty-stricken Mr Samad was gifted the complex 14-hour operation to remove the mass and rebuild his upper jaw and nose for (pictured after treatment)

Mr Samad comes from a village in Simdega district, Jharkhand – 302 miles (486km) west of Kolkata, formally known as Calcutta.

Local reports state he had a genetic abnormality, called hyper-parathyroidism jaw tumour syndrome. Roughly 200 cases have been recorded in literature.

The condition, which only usually causes small tumours, is caused by the over-activity of the parathyroid glands.

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In most cases, this is caused by a benign tumour called a parathyroid adenoma, however, it can also be caused by a cancerous mass. 

Surgeons at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi – a 41-hour car journey away from his home – offered him free treatment.

Dr Subramania Iyer, of the hospital’s head, plastic and reconstructive surgery, led the operation to remove the tumour. 

The mammoth 10lb (4.8kg) tumour had slowly grown over the last 10 years, covering a large part of the left side of his face

Mr Samad comes from a village in Simdega district, Jharkhand – 302 miles (486km) west of Kolkata, formally known as Calcutta

Surgeons at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi – a 41-hour car journey away from his home – offered him free treatment (pictured after treatment)

Reconstruction had to be meticulously planned using 3D printing to construct a model of Mr Samad’s face and tumour, and a mock surgery for practice.

Mr Samad still requires several more surgeries, and also needs implants placed in his reconstructed upper jaw to act as teeth. 

He will undergo complex procedures on both his eyes and teeth before Christmas, according to local reports. 

The position of his left eye still has to be readjusted to make it look like how it did before the tumour, although he still has limited vision. 

WHAT IS HYPER-PARATHYROIDISM JAW TUMOUR SYNDROME? 

Hyper-parathyroidism jaw tumour syndrome is a rare genetic abnormality.

Roughly 200 cases have been recorded in literature, according to the US National Library of Medicine.

The condition, which only usually causes small tumours, is caused by the over-activity of the parathyroid glands.

In most cases, this is caused by a benign tumour called a parathyroid adenoma, however, it can also be caused by a cancerous mass. 

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