Nearly 60 pounds heavy doctors remove giant tumor from the belly of a woman

Doctors in the US remove a 60-kilogram tumor from a woman's stomach

In the US, doctors have removed a giant tumor from a woman's stomach. The tumor on the ovaries had grown to 60 kilograms. The patient was severely malnourished as the tumor squeezed her digestive tract. Now the woman is fine again.

Huge ovarian tumor removed

In the US, a 38-year-old woman had a 60-kilogram tumor removed from her stomach. The operation took place at Danbury Hospital, Connecticut. According to a report from the clinic, which is part of the Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN), it was one of the largest known ovarian tumors. Just two weeks after the procedure, the patient was discharged from the hospital.

A 38-year-old woman from the US was removed from the belly by a 60-kilogram tumor. According to the doctors, this was the largest known ovarian tumor to date. (Image: Tobilander / fotolia.com)

Patient was extremely malnourished

According to the information, the American woman had gained around five kilos each week for two months without being able to explain how this could happen.

When she visited a doctor, computerized tomography (CT) revealed a large growth on her ovaries.

Her gynecologist therefore referred her to Dr. Vaagn Andikyan, a gynecological oncologist and assistant professor at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine, who gave the patient hope, but could hardly believe what he saw:

"When I met the patient, she was severely malnourished because the tumor was on her digestive tract," said the specialist.

The woman even used a wheelchair because of the weight of the tumor. "I wanted to help her," said Dr. Andikyan.

Doctors worried about the woman's heart

Dr. Andikyan assembled a team of nearly 25 highly qualified clinical specialists to plan how the tumor can be removed.

"Comprehensive preoperative planning was crucial, as many imponderables and hurdles had to be overcome," the statement says.

And further: "Within two weeks, the team developed and practiced plans for five possible scenarios."

The team suspected that the tumor that had affected the patient's entire abdomen was benign; however, they could not be sure without further testing.

The cardiovascular experts at Danbury Hospital were critical to the treatment plan because the tumor was sitting on a large blood vessel and worried about the patient's heart.

Patient was quickly discharged from the clinic

Finally, in a five-hour operation, both the tumor and the left ovary of the woman were removed - and also part of the excess skin that had been stretched by the tumor.

The abdomen of the patient was reconstructed. According to the doctors, the tumor is now genetically examined. So it should be found out why he had grown so strong in such a short time.

Two weeks after surgery, the woman was able to leave the hospital. The experts assume that they are fully recovered.

Removal of gigantic tumors

For years, the removal of gigantic tumors has been repeatedly reported. In 2013, for example, a 17-kilogram ovarian tumor was removed from the women's clinic at the Lübbecke-Rahden hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia.

And a woman from Costa Rica was only a few months ago, a 34-kilo tumor removed from the stomach.

The world's largest surgically removed tumor weighed 90 kilograms. He was removed from an international medical team in early 2012 for over 13 hours with a man from Vietnam.

Only half cut away

Also in Vietnam was recently the partial removal of a giant tumor in a 34-year-old man.

As the state news agency VNA reports, doctors in Hanoi have eliminated the patient half of the huge ulcer.

"During the first operation, the doctors cut off the tumor on the back and buttocks of the patient, weighing in at 23 kg. Đào Văn Giang, a member of the surgical team.

The remainder of the original 45-pound tumor, which had spread to the buttocks, back and almost the entire left thigh, should be removed when the patient's health has improved.

Cutting it all together in one operation "could have put the patient's life at risk," the doctors said. (Ad)