Man has pumpkin-sized tumour removed from his neck after 25 YEARS - and says he waited because it 'became a part of him'

Ian Crow, 66, from Scunthorpe, had a a pleomorphic adenoma, a benign tumour of the salivary glands. 


He let it grow for so long because it 'became a part of him,' he said. But after he retired he decided he opted to have a two-hour operation to remove the lump - which weighed an incredible 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs). Mr Crow said: 'I'd come to accept it but in the end I did get fed up of it and wanted it removing. It never hurt, I was able to sleep fine and the only time it really bothered me was in the summer. When I got to retirement age though I felt it was time for it to go.'