Israeli baby undergoes surgery to remove record-size facial tumor

(JNS) - Surgeons in Israel successfully removed a 2.3-inch tumor protruding from the upper jaw of a baby girl immediately after her birth, a Rabin Medical Center spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.

The tumor was the largest of its kind and location ever described in the medical literature, nearly matching the size of the newborn's head.

"It is a miracle. We told our baby she has used up all her drama for a lifetime," her family was quoted as saying by the hospital in Petach Tikvah.

The cesarean section was performed on Nov. 13 by Dr. Yuval Yaniv. In the adjacent room, teams from Oral...