A man who downed two litres of spirits a day for more than 30 years developed a fatty tumour that led him to be called 'the man with the horse's neck'. Hong Shu struggled to eat, sleep or breathe after being diagnosed with the rare Madelung disease, where fatty deposits accumulate in various areas of the body including the neck, arms and legs.
Hong, from Guangzhou, southern China, recently underwent multiple
surgeries to remove the deposits and is due to be discharged from
hospital, the People's Daily Online reported.
There are only around 400 instances of the extremely rare disease world-wide.
A
decade ago, the 53-year-old started to see changes his body. It started
with swelling behind both of his ears but gradually spread to around
his throat area.
Overtime, the fatty deposits took over his neck, forming what's been described as horse, cow, and even camel neck.
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