Chinese man who looked heavily pregnant for more than a DECADE finally has huge 2st tumour removed

Man dubbed 'Zhang Cheng' by  media had a tumour weighing 33lbs (15kg).[CN]

据报道，人称为“张程”的男子体内长了33磅重的肿瘤(15公斤)。

Let it grow for 10 years as he thought traditional remedies could treat it.[CN]

因为一直认为中药能够治愈，让肿瘤生长了10年。

Doctors said it was pressing on his organs and bowels - harming his health.[CN]

医生说，肿瘤压迫他的内脏和肠道，危害他的健康。

Had a 6-hour operation to remove it and is now recovering in intensive care.[CN]

6个小时的手术摘除了肿瘤，现在在精心的照料下他正逐渐康复。

Zhang Cheng, 33, lived with a tumour so big it made him look heavily pregnant for a decade. He has now finally had the growth removed

A Chinese man who lived with a tumour so big he looked heavily pregnant for a decade has finally had the two-stone growth removed from his stomach.[CN]

一个中国男人体内长了个巨大肿瘤，他在这种状态下生活了10年，直到最近才把它们从胃里切除。

The 33-year-old said he let the mass increase for 10 years as he believed it could be treated with traditional remedies.[CN]

他说让这个肿瘤长了10年，是因为他相信中药能治好他。

Eventually it had grown so huge it weighed 2st 5lbs (33lbs or 15kg) - and made him appear as though he was expecting a child.[CN]

最终，肿瘤长得如此之大，15kg重，让他看起像是怀了孩子。

The hospital did not reveal the name of the man, who lives in Leshan, a city in China’s south-western Sichuan Province, and so the local media dubbed him Zhang Cheng.[CN]

医院没有透露他的姓名，当地媒体称他为“张程”，他是四川乐山人。

He originally went to the doctors in 2004 when his stomach felt uncomfortable - and a lump was found in 2006.[CN]

起初，在2004年他因为胃不舒服去看了医生。在2006年发现有个小肿块。

Its not known if the tumour is cancerous - but it is believed it is benign otherwise medics would have removed it as a matter of emergency.[CN]

是否是癌症还不清楚，但是一直被认为是良性的，否则早就被医生重视切除了。

After it swelled to the size of a beach ball doctors said the mass was pressing on his internal organs and his bowels - which could potentially be fatal. [CN]

后来膨大到排球那么大，医生说会压迫内脏和肠道，可能致命。

Despite going to various hospitals across China, other medics told him an operation to remove it would be risky, so he was repeatedly sent home, his sister told Chengdu Business Daily.[CN]

他姐姐告诉成都商业日报，去了几个医院，医生说手术会很危险，没有得到及时治疗。

Eventually, the family raised the money to have the tumour cut out at the Military General Hospital in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.[CN]

终于，整个家庭付出更多的金钱到成都军区总医院做了切除手术。

After the mass swelled to the size of a beach ball doctors said it was pressing on his internal organs and his bowels - which could potentially be fatal. They removed it in a 'risky' six-hour operation

Dr Dai Ruiwu, lead surgeon at the hospital, carried out the complicated six-hour operation - which required the help of experts from three clinical departments.[CN]

医院的首席外科医生戴医生在3个临床专家的帮助下完成了6个小时的复杂的手术。

As the growth had been pressing on Mr Cheng's internal organs for years, Dr Ruiwu said he needed to be kept in intensive care afterwards.  [CN]

由于病人的内脏被压迫了多年，需要很精心的护理才能恢复。

His sister told local newspaper: 'Because our family is poor, my brother missed several opportunities to treat the illness.[CN]

病人的姐姐告诉当地报纸，因为家里穷，弟弟错过了几次治疗机会。

Mr Cheng is being kept in intensive care after the operation as the 33lb (15kg tumour) had been pressing on his organs for so long. He first went to the doctor in 2004 complaining of a pain in his stomach

We have visited many other hospitals in the past, doctors said the success rate was low so we were sent home.' 

His sister added that before the operation, he was eternally single single as women were put off by his 'pregnant' stomach.

The news comes after earlier this month MailOnline reported on the story of a Peruvian woman who had a 2st 5lbs (33lbs or 15kg) tumour removed after it had been growing for 13 years. 

Irianita Rojas Rasma, 22, from north-eastern Peru, looked pregnant due to the mass - which caused her constant pain and meant she had to leave both school and her job.

After the Peruvian health minister, Anibal Velasquez, visited her town and heard her story he immediately ordered his staff to bring her to a hospital in Lima for surgery to remove it.