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LIFE-CHANGING OPTeenager has ‘giant lump ofhis BRAIN that was oozingfrom his skull’ removed in11-hour op (and can finallysee properly)
Manikandan, 13, from Kerala, India,suffered encephlocele where the bones in hisskull failed to close properly in the womb
By Lizzie Parry, Digital Health Editor30th June 2017, 5:20 pm Updated: 30th June 2017, 5:23 pm
A TEENAGE boy can see properly for the first time after doctorsremoved a tennis-ball size growth from his face.
The mass was caused by part of his BRAIN oozing out of his skull.
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7/1/2017 Teenager has 'giant lump of his BRAIN that was oozing from his skull' removed in 11-hour op (and can finally see properly)
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Thirteen Manikandan has endured years of bullying due tothe huge growth protruding from above his nose
Manikandan, suffered the rare condition encephalocele,where brain matter can grow outside the skull, through gapsin the bone
Manikandan, 13, has endured years of bullying and isolationbecause of the massive lump which dangled from above his nose.
But during an 11-hour op, doctors cracked open his skull, isolated
his brain, and removed the sack of “non-functioning brain matter”hanging from his face.
Surgeons then had to re-position his eye sockets and re-model hisnose, giving Manikandan, who lives with a tribe in Kerala, India, a“new face”.
The lad – who will now attend school for the first time – sufferedfrom rare medical condition encephlocele which causes brain
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7/1/2017 Teenager has 'giant lump of his BRAIN that was oozing from his skull' removed in 11-hour op (and can finally see properly)
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from rare medical condition encephlocele which causes brainmatter to ooze out of gaps in the skull.
His father Selvan, a plantation worker, said: “I have five children,who are all normal and healthy, except Manikandan who was bornwith a swelling on the nose which kept growing.
“Because of the huge deformity on his face he never went toschool or mingled with others, as people used to make fun of hisappearance.
But, after an 11-hour op, the teenager is now free from thegiant, tennis ball-sized growth
“After surgery, he is eager to go back home, start school andmake friends.
“I thank the doctors of Amrita Hospital from the bottom of myheart for enabling him to lead a normal life.”
A team of ten surgeons operated on Manikandan at AmritaInstitute of Medical Sciences on June 27.
The procedure was paid for by Kerala Government agency,
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The procedure was paid for by Kerala Government agency,because his parents couldn’t afford it.
Surgeon Dr Subramania Iyer said: “It was a complex surgery.
“Manikandan’s encephlocele was very large which had pushed thebone of his right eye outwards.
“For surgery, his skull was opened and the normal brain isolatedfrom the sac of non-functioning brain matter hanging from hisface.”
The growth was ‘non-functioning’ brain matter that hadoozed out of the teenager’s skull and was caused by the rarecondition encephalocele
“We had to re-position the patient’s eye sockets to remove thedeformity in the right eye, and the nose was also remodeled.
“All these were huge surgical challenges.”
Manikandan has now fully recovered and is ready for discharge.
Encephalocele is a potentially-fatal congenital disorder – found in1 in 5,000 births – in which bones of a baby’s skull do not closeproperly before birth.
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