Newborn Baby Dubbed ‘MINI HULK’ (Photos)

A newborn has been nicknamed ‘baby hulk' after a rare condition caused her arms and chest to become ultra swollen.

Armani Milby, from Campbellsville, Kentucky, has a severe form of lymphangioma, a condition that causes benign tumors to grow in the lymphatic vessels, tube-like structures that carry fluid around the body.

The swelling has caused her upper torso and arms to become disproportionately bulky compared to the rest of her body.

Armani’s mother Chelsey, 33, gave her daughter the affectionate nickname ‘mini-Hulk’ when she was born because she looked ‘like a mini bodybuilder’.

Armani spent the first three months of her life in the hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she received specialist treatment to drain excess fluid from her arms.

She is now scheduled to undergo surgery to remove the excess lymph vessels to help reduce her arms and chest to a normal size.

She will also need further surgery to remove any excess skin left on her body.

Her daughter’s condition, which can be caused by genetics or hormone problems, was diagnosed at week 17 of pregnancy.

Armani weighed 12lbs when she was born and made her mother look so large when she was pregnant that strangers would ask if she was having triplets.

Ms Milby, who has two other children, said she was left in tears after the news— saying she didn’t understand why her baby had the condition.

Lymphangioma is when fluid-filled bumps, or cysts, form under the skin because the lymph vessels overgrow and stop draining fluid from the body.

The condition is rare, affecting about one in 4,000 children, and is normally diagnosed at birth or within the first few years of childhood.

Armani is scheduled for surgery later this year where doctors will remove extra lymphatic vessels and over the coming years, she will need to undergo surgery to remove the extra skin.