In a four-hour-long surgery, a football-sized tumour weighing 3.2kg was removed from the chest cavity of a Russian man in a city hospital earlier this month. The tests revealed that a giant tumor was gradually growing in his chest cavity, exerting tremendous pressure on his right lung. The tumour originated from the lining of the chest wall called the pleura. Pleural tumours are found in the pleural space, the cavity between the lungs and chest wall that contains lubricating pleural fluid. “It is a complicated surgery, no doubt, but we are 100% sure of having taken out the entire tumour.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2017 15:45 UTC