The Great Tumor of 1829

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A female skull dating from 1829 with the bony skeleton of a large facial tumor (possibly caused by neurofibromatosis) involving the right side of the face.

The tumor arose in the right antrum, and during five years’ growth destroyed the right malar bone, the palate, and the maxilla. Specimen from the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.

Royal College of Surgeons via The Lady Google.

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