Rare disease causes woman to have tumor around neck so large it had to be carried around with a sling

Doctors feared she could die of blood loss if they attempted to remove the tumor

Poppy Bilderbeck

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Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

Rare disease causes woman to have tumor around neck so large it had to be carried around with a sling

Doctors feared she could die of blood loss if they attempted to remove the tumor

Rare disease causes woman to have tumor around neck so large it had to be carried around with a sling

Doctors feared she could die of blood loss if they attempted to remove the tumor

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