Mexican boy recovering after doctors remove 33-pound tumor

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A little boy in Mexico is expected to make a full recovery after doctors removed a tumor earlier this month that weighed more than their patient.

Clocking in at 33 pounds, the tumor was so large that it was cutting off 2-year-old Jesus Gabriel’s oxygen supply. But after 10 hours of surgery on June 14, doctors in Mexico City called the procedure a success.

Gabriel’s case marks the first time doctors in Mexico had ever removed a growth that was larger than the person carrying it.

This video is from The Associated Press, published Wednesday, June 27, 2012.

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Photo: Screenshot via The Associated Press.