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Hopefully they can help this girl out. What started as a tiny cyst on Lai Thi Dao’s tongue, and because her family did not have access to medical treatment, it has grown into a massive facial tumor that is estimated to weigh over 10 pounds. Fortunately, it looks like doctors are finally going to be able to get rid of it:

Now, a team of surgeons at the University of Miami is preparing for a marathon 10-hour procedure next Tuesday intended to cut away the growth, which now weighs an estimated 10 pounds and could be the largest recorded tumor of its kind reported in the medical literature.

The good news: the surgeons believe that once the tumor is successfully removed, it will not likely return. And they say they are hopeful that the operation will give Lai a chance at a more normal life.

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