Delhi doctors remove tumour made up of blood vessels from man's tongue
Doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in New Delhi successfully removed a benign tumour composed of blood vessels, known as a hemangioma, from the base of a 33-year-old man's tongue using robotic surgery.;
New Delhi: Doctors here have successfully removed a hemangioma - a benign tumour made up of blood vessels -- from the base of the tongue of a 33-year-old man using robotic surgery.
The patient, hailing from Bihar, had been complaining of blood stained saliva, difficulty in swallowing, and difficulty in breathing at night.
He was previously prescribed antibiotics and anti-allergics by local doctors. Doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals first performed an endoscopy of the throat and identified a mass in the back side of his tongue.
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They felt that the growth could be of two types, a neoplastic tumour (characteristic of cancer) or a benign hemangioma.
A hemangioma is a growth composed of blood vessels, making operating on it difficult due to the potential blood loss involved.
Also, the location of the growth might have needed a fairly extensive incision if traditional surgical methods were followed.
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