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Indian Surgeons have successfully removed a football-sized tumour from the face of an Indian teenager.

The 4.8 kg tumour had grown over last 10 years covering a large part of the face of Amar Samad, 19, from a village in Simdega district, Jharkhand.

The deformity had confined Amar to his home and made even routine activities like eating and breathing difficult.

Doctors at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi, who treated Amar for free as he came from a poor family, said the tumour was caused by a genetic abnormality called Hyper-parathyroidism Jaw Tumour Syndrome.

The condition reportedly causes only small tumours on the jaw and Amar's case was the biggest ever reported upper jaw tumour of its kind.

The condition causes only small tumours on the jaw though in Amar's case it had swollen to become the biggest ever reported upper jaw tumour of its kind.

A team of surgeons led by Dr Subramania Iyer, head, plastic and reconstructive surgery, operated for 14-hours to remove the massive jaw tumour and rebuild upper jaw and nose.

Dr Iyer said reconstruction had to be meticulously planned using 3D printing to construct a model of Amar's face and tumour, and a mock surgery for practice.

Amar needs a few more surgeries also needs implants placed in his reconstructed upper jaw to act as teeth. Both the eye and dental procedures will be carried out after six months. The position of his left eye still has to be readjusted to make it look like it did before the tumour, although it still has limited vision.

With this operation Amar Samad, 19, leaves the isolated life he led for the past 10 years.

Indian Surgeons have successfully removed a football-sized tumour from the face of an Indian teenager.

The 4.8 kg tumour had grown over last 10 years covering a large part of the face of Amar Samad, 19, from a village in Simdega district, Jharkhand.

The deformity had confined Amar to his home and made even routine activities like eating and breathing difficult.

Doctors at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi, who treated Amar for free as he came from a poor family, said the tumour was caused by a genetic abnormality, Hyper-parathyroidism Jaw Tumour Syndrome.

The condition reportedly causes only small tumours on the jaw and Amar's case was the biggest ever reported upper jaw tumour of its kind.

The condition causes only small tumours on the jaw though in Amar's case it had swollen to become the biggest ever reported upper jaw tumour of its kind.

A team of surgeons led by Dr Subramania Iyer, head, plastic and reconstructive surgery, operated for 14-hours to remove the massive jaw tumour and rebuild upper jaw and nose.

Dr Iyer said reconstruction had to be meticulously planned using 3D printing to construct a model of Amar's face and tumour, and a mock surgery for practice.

Amar needs a few more surgeries also needs implants placed in his reconstructed upper jaw to act as teeth. Both the eye and dental procedures will be carried out after six months. The position of his left eye still has to be readjusted to make it look like it did before the tumour, although it still has limited vision.

Tribal boy Amar Samad, 19, led an isolated life for the past 10 years