2.5 kg tumour removed from teen's neck after 7 hr surgery at Mumbai's LTMG hospital
Doctors at BMC's LTMG Hospital in Sion, Mumbai, achieved a significant medical milestone by successfully removing a large 2.5 kg tumour from the neck and shoulder of a 15-year-old boy. The tumour, present since birth, had grown to 22 cms X 30 cms and affected the boy's self-esteem and trachea position.;
Mumbai: In a major feat, doctors of the BMC's LTMG hospital, Sion have successfully removed a massive and grotesque 2.5 kg tumour sprouting from the left side of the neck and shoulder of a 15-year-old boy since birth, officials said here.
The tumour not only caused discomfort but hit the boy’s personality, self-esteem, and even tilted his trachea to the right side from its original position, though he had no breathing issued.
After he was admitted to the Sion hospital on September 25, a full-fledged team of medicos comprising experts from different fields was formed, including Dr Mukund Jagannathan, Dr Amatnath Munoli, Dr Jayant Khandekar, Dr Vivek Ukeerde, Dr Shakuntala Basantwani, Dr Khushboo Kadkia, Dr Ashin Reddy, Dr Devendra Thakur, Dr Manisha Kharat and Dr Naval Jethalia and others.
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