BEIJING, Oct. 25(Xinhuanet)-- A tumour that turned a 16-year-old girl into a 2.08-meter-tall giant was removed from her brain Monday afternoon in Beijing.

Liu Li, who has suffered from gigantism caused by a pituitary tumour for 16 years, was taken out of the surgical room of the second hospital affiliated with Qinghua University at 5 p.m. Monday after a nearly eight hour operation, Tuesday's Beijing Times reported. Liu Li awaits operation in the hospital.(File photo/baidu.com)

Zhou Mingrui, the doctor in charge of her case, was quoted as saying that the condition of Liu is satisfactory by and large, though the blood platelets in her body are relatively few.

In addition, she has lost sight in her right eye and has diabetes mellitus, according to the doctor.

Liu went to Beijing from her hometown in central China's Hunan Province on Sept. 22 for treatment. Enditem