Surgeons have removed a massive 3lb tumour growing on a man's jaw in a delicate eight-hour operation to rebuild his face.
The 3 lbs benign growth - seen here in grim pictures taken before the op - was so large that the patient had trouble eating and even breathing.
During the operation - carried out at Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio hospital in Milan, Italy - surgeons had to remove part of the 38-year-old patient's jaw.
