Happy: Jesus Rodriguez, 2, plays with his mother Maria Fernandez after doctors successfully removed a 33 pound benign tumor from his side.
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Mexican doctors have successfully removed a 33lb tumour that weighed more than the two-year-old it was attached to.
Jesus Rodriguez, from the northern state of Durango, was born with the benign lump, which grew to take over the right side of his body, stretching from his armpit to his hip.
Dr Gustavo Hernandez, director of pediatrics at La Raza hospital where the operation took place, said the tumour was heavier than Jesus, who weighed 26lbs when he went in for surgery two weeks ago.
Tumour: Two-year-old Jesus Rodriguez, pictured in an X-ray-like image prior to having a benign tumor removed from his body, is recovering from surgery.
It took doctors at the Mexico City hospital 10 hours to remove the giant growth, according to Dr Hernandez.
But it went without a hitch and the boy is recovering and doing well.
Dr Hernandez said the surgery marked the first time Mexican doctors had removed a tumour larger than the person carrying it.
In August 2010, doctors removed a tumour weighing nearly 56lb from the womb of a 54-year-old Argentinian woman.
The massive lump was one of the biggest tumours that has ever been cut out, medics said.
It had been growing inside the woman for 18 months and weighed the equivalent of an average four-year-old or a set of quintuplets.
The patient, who prior to surgery could barely walk or bend down to tie her shoe laces, was discharged weighing over 70lb less than when she was admitted to hospital.
Culled from The Daily Mail UK.
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