(VNF) - Doctors at Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital 1 successfully removed a turtle-shell-like mole on the back of a 10-year-old girl after a 3-hour surgery on August 29^th.

The surgery is conducted by Ho Chi Minh City Children's Hospital 1 doctors. (Photos: Nguyen Mi)

Dao Trung Hieu, the hospital’s deputy director, said Tran Thi Ngoc Tham of Soc Trang Province, who suffers from rare illness congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN), has recovered several hours after the surgery from 10:20 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

“The mole weighs 1.05 kg (2.2 lbs) and measures 22 cm (8.7 inches) in diameter,” he said.

After it was removed, doctors covered the area with skin grafted from her thigh, he added.

Six doctors and 5 medical workers involved in the surgery, he said and adding that the hospital is supporting the poor patient with hospital fees and food.

Doctors at HCMC Children’s Hospital 1 have decided to perform a surgery to remove a turtle-shell-like mole on her back as soon as possible.

“We can’t wait until it grows larger,” he told the media on Friday. “Her case is similar to the famous Columbian ‘turtle boy’ Didier Montalvo who was operated on in the UK in 2014. Didier’s was considered to be among world’s rarest birthmarks. Tham is probably the world’s second case of this rare condition.”

Tham’s mother smiled happily, that the turtle shell removed from her daughter’s back after a decade. (Photo: thanhniennews.com)

Tham’s mother, Thach Thi Da Ni, 34, said she was born with the birthmark measuring the size of “a mandarin orange”, and it has been growing over the years.

Tham quit school after being repeatedly teased by others as the “turtle-shell girl” but her mother has no money for her treatment.

Tham has a 12-year-old brother who does not have congenital abnormality./.

( According to thanhniennews.com )