{"id":55360,"date":"2017-12-23T07:14:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T07:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55360"},"modified":"2017-12-23T07:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T07:14:40","slug":"doctors-florida-remove-10-pound-tumor-boys-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/doctors-florida-remove-10-pound-tumor-boys-face.html","title":{"rendered":"Doctors in Florida to remove 10-pound tumor from boy&#8217;s face"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Doctors in Florida to remove 10-pound tumor from boy&#8217;s face<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Doctors in Florida are planning to remove a 10-pound tumor from a Cuban teen\u2019s face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Miami Herald reports that 14-year-old Emanuel Zayas and his parents recently traveled to Miami on a medical visa. Dr. Robert Marx, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery for the University of Miami Health System, and a team of surgeons will operate on Jan. 12 at Jackson\u2019s Holtz Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Marx says Emanuel was born with a rare disorder called polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, which causes his body to develop scarlike tissue instead of bone. The disorder often causes fractures and deformities of the arms, legs and skull.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Emanuel\u2019s father, Noel Zayas, says the tumor started as a pimple when the boy hit puberty and grew quickly over a few months. The tumor is benign but threatens to fracture the boy\u2019s neck and suffocate him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/doctors-in-florida-to-remove-10-pound-tumor-from-boys-face\/2017\/12\/22\/61fde59e-e76e-11e7-927a-e72eac1e73b6_story.html?utm_term=.981956e1d08a<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/doctors-florida-remove-10-pound-tumor-boys-face.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors in Florida to remove 10-pound tumor from boy&#8217;s face Doctors in Florida are planning to remove a 10-pound tumor from a Cuban teen\u2019s face. The Miami Herald reports that 14-year-old Emanuel Zayas and his parents recently traveled to Miami on a medical visa. 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