Ingrown hair led to a giant tumor Doctors remove 140-pound tumor

Doctors remove 140-pound tumor from a man's stomach
In the US, a man was removed from his stomach by a 140-pound tumor. The non-cancerous tumor had grown for years without doctors making the correct diagnosis. The cause of the tumor was apparently an ingrown hair.

Ingrown hair can be dangerous
Ingrown hair can have extremely unpleasant consequences. This can lead to painful inflammation or abscesses. In the US, a man had to find out how serious the consequences could be in extreme cases. The now 57-year-old from Mississippi probably caused an ingrown hair on the lower abdomen that formed a giant tumor, which was 140 pounds heavy. Doctors have now freed the patient from the gigantic tumor.

In the US, doctors removed a 140-pound tumor from a man. The non-cancerous tumor had grown for years. At first doctors thought the patient was just too fat. (Image: Tobilander / fotolia.com)

140 pounds of heavy tumor removed
According to media reports, Roger Logan's abdomen from Mississippi began to grow so much over ten years ago that he went to see a doctor. He told him he was "just too fat".

But in reality, the man grew a tumor in his stomach, reports the newspaper "Bakersfield".

A few days ago, the 57-year-old was removed from the giant tumor in a hospital in Bakersfield, California - the proliferation had already reached a weight of 140 pounds.

Non-cancerous tumor
According to the information, it was a non-cancerous tumor. According to the physicians, the tumor was probably caused by an ingrown hair on the lower abdomen, which later inflamed and developed its own blood circulation.

Finally, the tumor reached to the bottom when the patient was sitting. Logan had spent the last few years largely because of the proliferation in a deck chair. He only got up every now and then. He had to give up his job and hobbies.

According to the newspaper report, an operation failed last year. Logan then lost his courage and temporarily stopped eating and drinking.

Patient could not walk for years
But his wife did not give up. "She kept pushing me," Logan said. "She did not give me up."

In search of help, she finally found what she was looking for in Bakersfield, more than 3,000 miles from the Logan home.

In a few days, the patient may return home. He is looking forward to doing things that were not possible for years, including walking. "My feet are together," he said. "They have not been together for years."

He wants to sell his lounger quickly and replace it with a sofa for himself and his wife.

Removal of gigantic tumors
For years, the removal of giant tumors has been reported repeatedly. In 2013, for example, a 17-kilo-ovarian tumor of one patient was removed from the gynecological clinic at Lübbecke-Rahden Hospital (North Rhine-Westphalia).

The world's largest surgically removed tumor weighed 90 kilograms. This was eliminated in early 2012 by an international medical team in a more than 13-hour intervention with a man from Vietnam. (Ad)