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| '''Marlie Casseus''' (born ]) is a ] teenager who attracted media attention when she received four surgeries to remove a 16-pound growth from her face that threatened her ability to eat, breath, and see. | |||
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| ==Background== | |||
| '''Marlie Casseus''' is a 15-year-old Haitian teenager who suffered from Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia. She received surgery at the ] to remove the large growth from her face. | |||
| Casseus suffered from ], a disease that can cause large growths of swollen and jelly-like bone throughout the body, sometimes including the face or skull. The growth probably started when she was five to eight years old, but advanced until her facial features were completely disfigured. It blocked her nasal passage and most of her mouth so that she could only breath and eat through one very narrow passage. Always a social impediment and a stigma, the growth eventually prompted her to become completely reclusive to avoid public ridicule.<ref name=SeattleTimes>{{cite web | |||
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| | title =Reshaped face gives teen new outlook | |||
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| | date =27 November 2006 | |||
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| | accessdate =2006-11-29}}</ref> Before surgery, the bone growth had become a 16-pound tumor-like mass that covered almost her entire face. It was threatening her breathing and would have eventually caused blindness if doctors hadn't operated.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| | title =Doctors say surgery to remove massive growth from girl success | |||
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| | date =15 December 2005 | |||
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| ==Surgeries and post-op== | |||
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| All surgeries were performed at the Holtz Children’s Hospital, at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in ]. The first surgery, in mid-December, 2005, was a 17-hour procedure that resulted in the removal of much, if not most of the growth from both sides of her face.<ref name=USAToday>{{cite web | |||
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| | accessdate =2006-11-29}}</ref> During subsequent surgeries, doctors inserted and replaced a titanium plate in her jaw, rebuilt the interior of her nose and jaw, and drew her eyes and lips back together.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| | title =Haitian Teen Has 4th Surgery on Face | |||
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| | date =6 October 2006 | |||
| | url =http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Cosmetic/wireStory?id=2535765 | |||
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| | accessdate =2006-11-29}}</ref> Other bones were replaced with hard polymers.<ref name=SeattleTimes /> | |||
| After her surgeries, doctors indicated that Casseus might require further cosmetic surgeries at a later date, but indicated her growth would not return.<ref name=SeattleTimes /> | |||
| A Haitian non-profit named Good Samaritan helped with transportation costs and the hospital's International Kids Fund collected donations for the surgery. Doctors and surgeons donated their time.<ref name=USAToday /> | |||
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Revision as of 19:12, 29 November 2006
Marlie Casseus (born 1991) is a Haitian teenager who attracted media attention when she received four surgeries to remove a 16-pound growth from her face that threatened her ability to eat, breath, and see.
Background
Casseus suffered from polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, a disease that can cause large growths of swollen and jelly-like bone throughout the body, sometimes including the face or skull. The growth probably started when she was five to eight years old, but advanced until her facial features were completely disfigured. It blocked her nasal passage and most of her mouth so that she could only breath and eat through one very narrow passage. Always a social impediment and a stigma, the growth eventually prompted her to become completely reclusive to avoid public ridicule. Before surgery, the bone growth had become a 16-pound tumor-like mass that covered almost her entire face. It was threatening her breathing and would have eventually caused blindness if doctors hadn't operated.
Surgeries and post-op
All surgeries were performed at the Holtz Children’s Hospital, at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Florida. The first surgery, in mid-December, 2005, was a 17-hour procedure that resulted in the removal of much, if not most of the growth from both sides of her face. During subsequent surgeries, doctors inserted and replaced a titanium plate in her jaw, rebuilt the interior of her nose and jaw, and drew her eyes and lips back together. Other bones were replaced with hard polymers.
After her surgeries, doctors indicated that Casseus might require further cosmetic surgeries at a later date, but indicated her growth would not return.
A Haitian non-profit named Good Samaritan helped with transportation costs and the hospital's International Kids Fund collected donations for the surgery. Doctors and surgeons donated their time.
References
- ^ "Reshaped face gives teen new outlook". The Seattle Times (AP). 27 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "Doctors say surgery to remove massive growth from girl success". MSNBC (AP). 15 December 2005. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Doctors say surgery to remove massive growth from girl success". USA Today (AP). 15 December 2005. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "Haitian Teen Has 4th Surgery on Face". ABC News (AP). 6 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
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