Man with the world's largest facial tumour undergoes fourth surgery (Photos)

Mr Chuncai has been dubbed the ‘Chinese Elephant Man’ for his facial deformity

A man dubbed ‘the Chinese Elephant Man’ has undergone his fourth operation the remove the world’s largest facial tumour.

Huang Chuncai, 37, suffers from an extreme case of neurofibromatosis, a rare condition that caused him to develop a facial tumour that hung down to his waist and weighed 25kg – about as much as a four-year-old child.


But Mr Chuncai is now able to live a relatively normal life after surgeons in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, performed a series of operations to remove more than 21kg of the mammoth growth.

Mr Chuncai’s story will appear in a new series of Body Bizarre, which airs every Thursday at 9pm on TLC.

Surgeons have removed 21kg of the 25kg tumour over four operations

Before his first surgery, Mr Chuncai’s tumour hung to his waist and weighed the same as a four-year-old child