Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Heaviest cancerous kidney ever removed - Eugene Tyner sets world record
  PIKEVILLE, NC, USA -- Horse farm volunteer and former prison guard Eugene Tyner, 31, recently had his tumor-ridden kidney removed; the combined organ weighed 11 ounces - setting the new world record for the Heaviest cancerous kidney ever removed .

Photo: Eugene Tyner volunteers at a Wayne County horse farm, where he also rides his cares away with his horse, Daisy.
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 All it took to remove the beast in Tyner's belly was a four-hour surgery and a navel-to-chest incision. He still carries a copy of his tumor's vital statistics: 332 grams, more than twice a kidney's normal weight.

 "I hate cancer," he said. "It's bad in my family. My Aunt Gladys, she had to have her whole bottom end taken out."

 When he describes his new outlook, Tyner explains that when he rides out in the country and sees a deer, he no longer looks for his gun or imagines how the animal would taste with some potatoes on the side.
    He just appreciates how alive it is, much like himself, one kidney short.

The Guinness World Record for the Heaviest Neck Tumorwas set by a 66-year old woman from West Virginia; plastic surgeon C.N. Guerriere removed tumor weighing 8kgs from her neck.

According to Guinness World Records, Wazir Muhammand s/o Abbass Ali Jagirani (Pakistan) had a kidney stone weighing 620 g (21. 87 oz) removed from his right kidney at the Nephro-Urology Chandka Medical College Hospital, Sindh, Pakistan.

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Related world records:
Widest mouth - Francisco Domingo Joaquim
Most Tattooed Woman - Julia Gnuse
 Most kidney stones produced and passed - Don Winfield
Youngest Living Mother - Chinese schoolgir
Most Fingers and Toes - Haramb Ashok Kumthekar
Most prolific surrogate mother - Carole Horlock
Fastest talking female - Fran Capo
Strongest Ear - Lasha Pataraia
Oldest living male conjoined twins - Donnie and Ronnie Galyon
Oldest living man with Down syndrome - Bert Holbrook

Wednesday, November 3, 2010