Hyderabad: Doctors at AINU remove "football-sized" kidney tumour from 53-year-old patient
Dr. Mallikarjuna C, renowned consultant Urologist and managing director, Asian Institute of Nephrology & Urology said, "Considering the size of the tumour, we ruled out robotic procedure, and instead opted for open surgery. With great efforts the tumour could be removed successfully. Post-surgery, we discovered the tumour was extremely large, in the size of a football. Microscopic examination confirmed that the tumour was a cancerous growth (Renal Cell Carcinoma)".;
Hyderabad: Doctors at the Asian Institute of Nephrology & Urology (AINU) have successfully removed a "football -sized" kidney tumour weighing 10 kg, to save the life of a middle-aged man.
This successful surgery is the first-ever such feat registered in the Telugu States and the second instance in the country. A team of Urologists led by Dr Mallikarjuna C, including Dr Taif Bendigeri and Dr Rajesh K Reddy, successfully performed this challenging procedure.
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A 53-year-old male, a resident of Kadapa, was referred to AINU with abdominal swelling. On examination, doctors found the presence of a large abdominal mass lesion. Imaging revealed that tumour was arising from left kidney. The mass was so large that it occupied two-thirds of the abdominal cavity, and it even displaced intestines into the right lower quadrant.
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