Slovak doctors from the village of Martin removed a 6-kilogram tumor from the face of local plumber Stefan Zolejk. A strange formation began to grow on his chin 20 years ago and has been steadily growing ever since. Due to a rare disease, the man did not leave the house for many years.
All these years Stefan Zolik has suffered from Madelung's disease. It lies in the fact that a certain part of the human body begins to gradually increase and swell. At some point, a citizen of Slovakia discovered that he had first a double and then a triple chin.
The fat folds on the man's face continued to grow. The plumber wanted to see doctors, but they said that removing the tumor could lead to irreversible consequences for Stefan's health.
The problem was that the leg of the father of two children had previously been amputated, and doctors feared that removing the tumor on his face would complicate the patient's already difficult condition. The man decided to go against the doctors only after 20 years, when the weight of his tumor reached 6 kilograms. The operation to remove the eerie formation lasted more than five hours.
According to Stefan, he can't wait to get out of the hospital and show himself to his wife, children and friends. However, Dr. Igor Khomla, who operated on the patient, warned him that it was impossible to completely remove the tumor, and that it could form again.