Vietnamese tumor-girl awaits surgery in US

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-04-27 10:13


Dr. Robert Marx, left, points to a CT scan of fifteen-year-old Lai Thi Dao during a news conference at the Jackson Memorial Medical Center Tuesday, April 22, 2008 in Miami. The Vietnamese girl, center, has a 16-pound facial tumor and is in Miami awaiting surgery that will restore her ability to eat and speak. Doctors say the tumor threatens to suffocate Lai. They will remove the tumor in a 10-hour surgery on April 29. Behind Dao is her mother Tuyet Van, and sponsor Geoffrey Le of Fort Worth, Tx., and holding the scan is Dr. Jesus Gomez. [Agencies]

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