Man pops pimple only to find out it was actually a tumor
- 5 years ago
GUANGDONG, CHINA — A 51-year-old man tried to get rid of what he thought was a forehead spot, only for it to return as a black mass, more menacingly than he could have possibly imagined.
After visiting the hospital, the man learned that he hadn't tried to eliminate a pimple, but instead squeezed a tumor; he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma.
The location of the malignant tumor left the hospital in a difficult spot, but doctors opted to tackle the situation through careful surgery and luckily for Xie, grafted skin from his forearm to replace the skin removed during the pimple extraction
After visiting the hospital, the man learned that he hadn't tried to eliminate a pimple, but instead squeezed a tumor; he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma.
The location of the malignant tumor left the hospital in a difficult spot, but doctors opted to tackle the situation through careful surgery and luckily for Xie, grafted skin from his forearm to replace the skin removed during the pimple extraction