Overview

• A GP dismissed Churchill’s chin lump as a benign lipoma and put her on a year-long NHS cosmetic waitlist, prompting her family to fund private removal in November 2023.
• Biopsy from the private procedure confirmed papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma, an extremely rare cancer with fewer than 40 known cases.
• On June 18, 2024, surgeons carried out an eight-and-a-half-hour free flap operation, transferring skin, fat and an artery from her thigh to reconstruct her chin.
• Her recovery involved overstretched femoral nerves and internal bleeding that required emergency surgery, but subsequent tests confirmed she remains cancer-free.
• Her GoFundMe campaign aims to cover over £300 in laser hair removal costs to eliminate persistent leg hair growing on the transplanted flap.