Cora Ruben has extreme swelling throughout her body.
A two-year-old girl has received liposuction to help reduce the swelling in her hands caused by a rare genetic disorder.
The toddler’s lymphatic system fails to clear excess lymph fluid, which causes parts of the body swell.Cora Ruben, two, suffers with lymphoedema Advertisement ‘But what people don’t know is she’s actually got it in most of her body. It’s through her abdomen, both legs, both feet. Her genitals, through her arms.Doctors discovered her hands were made up of 80 per cent fatty tissue ‘As she gets older, it’s only going to get worse.’
But after examination, it was discovered that lymph fluid only made up around 20 per cent of Cora’s hands, with the rest being fatty tissue.
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