The man who walked around with ‘two heads’ for 15 years has finally had a melon-sized tumor removed, after it started to crack his skull.

A man in India spent 15 years having a melon-sized tumor protruding from the back of his head removed.

The unnamed 39-year-old man told doctors that the growth started as a small lump on the back of his neck when he was 24 years old.

However, it grew slowly over time, reaching a size of 20 by 15 centimeters, almost the size of his head.

He finally sought medical help after years of living with constant neck pain, numb hands, difficulty walking, and insomnia. It had also affected his mental health.

The surgical team was able to remove the entire tumor and the patient is believed to have made a full recovery.

Doctors ruled the growth was a mesenchymal tumor, which grows from stem cells found in the bone marrow.

These cells are crucial for repairing skeletal tissues such as bones and cartilage.

It is unclear whether the man’s tumor was cancerous, although these growths may be benign or malignant.

Mesenchymal tumors are incredibly rare, researchers say estimate that there are less than one in a million head and neck cases per year in the US.

The man’s tumor was so large that it had begun to destroy the outer layer of his skull and was leaking into the inner layer.

He had damaged about four centimeters of his occipital bone, a small, flat bone at the back of the brain.

This bone supports your neck muscles and connects to areas of your spine that allow you to nod and shake your head.

Removing the tumor proved difficult for lead surgeon Dr Dinesh Dutt Sharma and his team as removing it involved navigating nearby blood vessels in the neck and brain.

One wrong move could have been fatal.

However, doctors were able to remove the entire tumor.

The team said the patient made a full recovery.