Largest Hand in the World

Posted by JTPednaud in Medicine on August 22, 2007 at 9:51 am


Big Hand

Lui Hua suffers from a rare condition known as macrodactyly. When he was hospitalized in Shanghai last month his left thumb measured 10.2 inches and his index finger measured close to 12.

From The Shanghai Daily:

“It was the biggest hand in the world,” said Chen Zuliang, a hospital official. “Liu’s fingers stopped growing in recent years so plastic surgery was at last possible to correct the malformation.”

On July 20 surgeons undertook a seven-hour operation to reduce the size of Liu’s fingers and thumb. Doctors removed 11 pounds of flesh and bone in the procedure.

A second surgery is scheduled to take place.

Enlarged limbs can be caused by a number of medical conditions. Lymphedema is perhaps the most common cause and results in some extraordinarily enlarged limbs.


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20 comments to "Largest Hand in the World"

  1. Diego
    August 22nd, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    Hey. You got a great web site and you don’t need to post this kind of stuff. Don’t loose your criteria by publishing this kind of posts.

  2. tian
    August 22nd, 2007 at 1:19 pm

    “Hello ladies, you know what they say about men with large hands…”

  3. thehandofbotar
    August 22nd, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    plz don’t spoil your excellent website by posting the sufferings of others.cheers all the best

  4. netfish
    August 22nd, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    this isn’t spoiling the website … it’s actually helping it. I do NOT see how it’s bad to post something like this. It’s reality! It’s like asking the authors of the “guiness book of records” to stop recording their findings, because they’re too weird.

  5. JTPednaud
    August 22nd, 2007 at 2:50 pm

    I submit that the bulk of any suffering this man has endured during his lifetime is due to the people like you, who prefer not to see him at all. The stigma this man faces everyday is the creation of close-minded and overtly sensitive people.

  6. Solo
    August 22nd, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    I like posts like this. I file them under the category of “interesting”. There are plenty of sites that will posts pictures of cute kittens, maybe the people disturbed by interesting stuff should visit those. (don’t get me wrong, I like cute kittens too)

  7. mutterhals
    August 22nd, 2007 at 3:11 pm

    Listen, you people can pretend that if you don’t see it, it doesn’t exist, but obviously that’s not the case.

  8. Alex
    August 22nd, 2007 at 5:15 pm

    Wow! Good luck to Lui Hua! I’m crossing my fingers for him (and I meant that in the nicest way possible, not trying to be clever or anything)

  9. Pancake
    August 22nd, 2007 at 5:40 pm

    How does he pick his nose?

  10. Noelegy
    August 22nd, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    Is anyone else thinking of “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” by Tom Robbins?

  11. Chad
    August 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 pm

    with a hand like that this guy should take up pimping!

  12. J44xm
    August 22nd, 2007 at 6:47 pm

    The name of the article is “City surgeons come in handy”? Ugh.

  13. Simon
    August 22nd, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    not neat, not at all.

  14. cindy
    August 24th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    AKIRA!

  15. Moogle
    September 2nd, 2007 at 5:16 pm

    Great Akira reference.

    If he didn’t want people to see his hand, he would not have allowed pictures to be taken. There really is no reason to treat this man any differently then the rest of the world just because of a little ‘hand’icap. *grin*

  16. Absolute Vengeance
    September 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm

    Seriously though, with all the suffering this guy as endured, we should really give him a ‘hand’.

    FLAWLESS VICTORY

  17. Jamster
    September 25th, 2007 at 8:41 am

    This site does seem like an interesting network with people making intelligent comments on the strange and wonderful.

    However, it’s really sad you decided to globally publish a photo of a human being with a really tough condition to deal with in order to make your article more interesting. I am sure the reason this man published photos of his hand is to get help or more information about an incredibly rare condition. I don’t for one minute think he believed he would end up on a posting wall akin to a Victorian freak show Circus.

  18. wayne
    July 1st, 2008 at 6:25 am

    Wow, i Just had a GREAT IDEA! Wouldnt it be great if you could isolate,control,and deliberatly cause this to happen in selected areas of the human body.

    I know of a few places that this local giantism would be real popular and i wouldnt mind having ONE of my particular apendages clasified as freakishly giant ha! ha!
    I think lots of men would be interested just as long as it could be controlled or the worlds supply of wheel barrows might be in danger!

    P.S To all those high brow Squares about to have a hissy fit, calm down im just having some fun, but honestly i really do hope some brainy scientists get together on this real soon cause ill be first in line with credit card ready. They’d become the richest men on earth and probably get knighted by the Queen ha! ha!

  19. nate
    November 17th, 2008 at 2:12 am

    wow. guys don’t be such pansies about it. jeez..

    I think everyone needs to relax about it and be a little less uptight. maybe smoke a bowl or something

  20. hawaii_girl
    December 2nd, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    i love sites like these where people post comments..reading your comments are hilarious!

    pimping? that would be a MEAN pimp slap yo

    but on a real level, i bet he’s hurting..but if he was as ‘big’ as that pointer..his chick would LLLOOOOOOVVVEE it


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