Man, 60, who lived with huge TWO STONE facial tumour for 47 years has it removed after successful surgery in Nepal

A man who lived the majority of his life with a giant facial tumour has finally had an operation to remove the two stone mass.

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, 60, developed the tumour in his childhood and suffered with the disfigurement for 47 years.

Doctors in his native Nepal said he was suffering from neurofibromatosis, a rare condition where non-cancerous tumours grow in the nervous system which is caused by mutations in genes.

He underwent a seven-hour surgery to have the growth removed at Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital in his native Kathmandu, Nepal

The growth, pictured, was successfully removed and found to weigh almost two stone

Mr Bhattarai, pictured after the surgery, is now recovering well, although he still suffers from other effects of the condition including facial spots and boils

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