'Asia's tallest man' hospitalised
CHINA: A 2.55-metre (8 foot 4 inch) Chinese man who is among
the world's tallest living people has been hospitalised for a hip
replacement, reports said Monday.
Wang Fengjun has been measured as 29 centimetres taller than China's
towering former NBA basketball player Yao Ming.
According to the Zhengzhou Evening, a paper in his home province of
Henan, Wang's hands are 30 centimetres long and he wears specially made
size-75 shoes.
Chinese media widely describe him as Asia's tallest man.
Wang, 37, developed gigantism due to a tumour on his pituitary gland.
He has been suffering from osteonecrosis of the hips and was offered
free treatment by a Henan hospital. China's Yao Defen was the world's
tallest woman at 2.34 metres when she died last year aged 40.
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