Stefan Zoleik is a Slovakian man planning to undergo his second surgery to remove his 14 pound tumor located on his face. The disease is called "madelung" disease that occurs mostly in Mediterranean ancestory men between the ages of 30 and 70. Though these people are found with an alcohol abuse, CEN does not note if Zoleik had a history of AA. He first saw signs of his disease when he was in his twenties when he began to notice the formation of a large jaw. After his first five-hour surgery, he got his original tumor removed. Now, he is preparing to go into surgery again and get the rest of the fatty cells removed.
Before the advancement in our technology today and the advances we have in science, this tumor would of not been fixed. Most importantly, people would of thought of it as a sign that he did something wrong to deserve that. Today we know that it comes from alcohol abuse and we have the technology to fix it.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/02/20/man-to-undergo-second-surgery-to-remove-14-pound-tumor-from-face/?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork
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