Huang Chuncai

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Huang Chuncai is a man from China, who is famous for being born with an extreme case of Neurofibromatosis. He was the subject of a 2008 Bodyshock documentary entiled 'I am the Elephant man'. Huang Chancai was born in 1977. He is the eldest child in his family, and has a younger brother and sister, and one nephew. Huang's parents first noticed signs of deformity when he was four years old. He was taken to hospital and diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis. His parents were too poor to finance an operation, and the doctors also said it was too dangerous. They were a poor family. His father earned money by selling noodles in the local market. Huang's tumor continued to grow, and when he was eight years old he started school, but left when he was ten because he was isolated by the other children, who called him the elephant man. When he was 31 years old his tumor weighed 20 kg, half his body weight. In January 2008 he had an operation to remove 80% of his tumor, which was successful.