The Passing Parade

In Russia, doctors at the Kirov Regional Clinical Hospital were astounded when a 65-year-old man presented with a tumor the size of his head growing from the back of his neck, the New York Post reported.

The surgeons were able to remove the tumor on Sept. 22 and identified it as a benign lipoma – a fatty lump that grows between the skin and muscle.

The patient told doctors he’d been living with the lump for 16 years and had tried treating it with simple ointments, without success.

Igor Popyrin, head of surgery at the hospital, said many patients “postpone a visit to a specialist, hoping that the........

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