After years of spinning on his head, a breakdancer grew a scalp tumor

A man in Europe was uncomfortable leaving his home without a hat, and his breakdancing hobby might ve been to blame. Neurosurgeons in Copenhagen sa...

A man in Europe was uncomfortable leaving his home without a hat, and his breakdancing hobby might’ve been to blame.

Neurosurgeons in Copenhagen said in a recent case study that the man had developed a tumor atop his head from years of head spinning, a common breakdancing move.

Doctors removed the tumor, which was more than an inch wide and created a cone-shaped bump atop the patient’s head, via surgery, the surgeons wrote on Thursday in BMJ Case Reports.

The unusual injury has rarely been documented by doctors, but more people have begun breaking in recent years as the sport has exploded in popularity, leading to its inclusion at the Paris Olympics this summer.

"This case underscores the importance of recognising chronic scalp conditions in breakdancers,” two neurosurgeons wrote in the report, "and suggests that surgical intervention can be an effective treatment.”