NE HEALTH BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, FEB 16
A team of doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad, gave a new lease of life to a 56-year-old woman by surgically removing a 47 kg tumour, which is being claimed as the biggest non-ovarian tumour that has been successfully removed in the country.
The woman, a government employee and a resident of Devgadh Baria, had been carrying the tumour for 18 years and was bed-ridden for the past few months.|
Apart from the tumour, the team of eight doctors, including four surgeons, led by Chief surgical gastroenterologist Dr Chirag Desai also removed abdominal wall tissues and excess skin weighing around 7 kg during the surgery.
The problem for the woman started 18 years ago with unexplained weight gain in the abdominal region. Later, she underwent sonography which revealed a benign tumour and during surgery, it was found that the tumour was attached to internal organs and the surgery was terminated.
As a result, the size of the tumour kept on growing and in the past two years, it almost doubled in size affecting her quality of life.
“It was a high-risk surgery as the woman’s internal organs such as liver, heart, lungs, kidneys and uterus were displaced due to the pressure from the tumour,” Dr Desai said.
The women underwent surgery on January 27 and was discharged on February 14.
