The boy with a tumor as big as a grapefruit made his heart nearly explode

A boy with a tumor in his left breast is as big as a grapefruit. Without timely surgery, this 19-year-old heart will explode.

Daniel Tamburro, a 19-year-old boy with heartburn, went to see a doctor.

Daniel Tamburro

The doctors took X-rays and saw a big shadow in Daniel's left lung. The medical officer was shocked when he took a CT scan and found a pomelo-sized cyst squeezing the heart of Tamburro to the right 3cm.

The doctor told Daniel Tamburro, if not discovered early, his heart exploded.

They say the tumor is growing at a rapid rate and so it forces the heart to move to the opposite side of the body.

Daniel Tamburro and the tumor were nearly as big as a grapefruit

Daniel underwent six hours of surgery at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and the UK to remove the tumor with a size of 15cm x 12cm.

At present, his health has returned to normal after 3 months off work."I can't sit up properly and even now I can't lift heavy things. It's scary. I can't believe a big tumor grows in my body without me knowing ," Daniel said.

Earlier, Daniel had planned to vacation by plane. But luckily he discovered early tumors and did not travel. Otherwise, the big pressure on the plane will cause his heart to explode.

'I feel very fortunate to be here today, which is great because my life has been saved by a little indigestion'.

Reference: Daily Mail