The risky surgery to remove a woman’s 132-pound tumor that grew by 10 pounds every week - News Summed Up

The risky surgery to remove a woman’s 132-pound tumor that grew by 10 pounds every week


A woman's ovarian mucinous tumor had ballooned to 132 pounds and stretched three feet across. (Courtesy of Danbury Hospital/Western Connecticut Health Network)The tumor had ballooned to 132 pounds and stretched the patient's abdomen into a 3-foot-wide orb. It was the largest ovarian mucinous tumor Andikyan had ever encountered, benign only in the medical sense of the word. Andikyan told The Post that the tumor originated in the epithelial cells lining the woman's ovary. She told doctors that she wants to have another child, and with her uterus intact, she'll be able to do so.


Source: Washington Post May 04, 2018 18:46 UTC



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