KILLED BY HER BIRTHMARK.(News) From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: May 26, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: RICHARD SMITH

A GIRL of 19 is the first adult to be killed by a birthmark growing inside her.

A-level student Sharon Moyse died after the rare condition caused massive lung failure.

Yesterday her parents said they knew it would have taken a "miracle" to save their precious only child. She had been born with the strawberry birthmark on her right lung.

But when she began experiencing breathing problems two years ago, doctors disco...

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