Doctors remove 8 kilogram tumor

Twice as large as his head: doctors remove 8-kilogram tumor

02/18/2015

For decades a man from Madagascar lived with a huge tumor on his cheek. Doctors of a relief organization removed the eight kilogram tumor now. The now around 60-year-old patient had noticed in his twenties for the first time a swelling on the cheek.

For decades with 8-kilo tumor on the cheek
A man of about 60 years old from Madagascar had noticed a swelling in his left cheek for the first time in his twenties. For several decades, the patient Sambany lived with a tumor twice his size. Doctors of the international aid organization „Mercy Ships“ have successfully removed the tumor As the „Daily Mail“ reported, it was the largest tumor removed in the history of the organization. The ulcer weighed eight kilograms.

Medical help in the poorest countries in the world
It is said that the patient with family members walked three days on foot when he heard a ship from „Mercy Ships“ at the port of Toamasina. The patient is reported to have come from a rural area in Madagascar. With the help of the ultramodern hospital ship „Africa Mercy“ The organization brings much needed help to the poorest countries in the world. „Mercy Ships“ offers free surgery and other medical care and is committed to improving healthcare in poor countries.

Biggest tumor in the history of the aid organization
The volunteer doctors decided to help Sambany. The „Daily Mail“ According to the patient, before the big surgery: „I am just happy. I know that I will die without the surgery. I also know that I may die during the operation, but I feel like I'm being treated by all of them, dead inside anyway. I'll go with the surgery.“ The operation is said to last twelve hours, twice as long as expected. The physicians later determined the weight of the tumor: 7.46 kilograms. According to the information, it had in 30 years „Mercy Ships“ not given such a large tumor.

Patient is overjoyed with the result
„Sambany is one of the patients I will always remember“, said anesthesiologist Michael McBrien to the „Daily Mail“. „Our team has achieved something incredible considering its age and the size of the tumor“, so the doctor. When Sambany first looked at himself in the mirror after the operation, he realized: „I like it, I'm happy!“ As McBrien explained, the patient still has a long way to go before recovering completely. In order to recover from the operation, he would have to stay on the hospital ship for a few more months.

When Sambany first saw himself in the mirror without his tumor, he said „I like it. I feel free and overjoyed because I've got a new face!“

90 kilogram tumor
For years, the removal of giant tumors has been reported repeatedly. For example, in 2009 in Berlin a malignant bone tumor weighing around 18 kilograms was removed from the basin of a 35-year-old patient from Saudi Arabia. In October 2012, the removal of a 28-kilogram tumor from the abdominal cavity of a senior citizen at the University Hospital Dresden. The largest tumor to date eliminated 90 kilograms. He was removed from an international medical team in early 2012 for over 13 hours with a man from Vietnam. (Ad)