Connecticut surgeons remove 59-kilogram tumor

In Connecticut 12 surgeons, 5 removed a kilogram ovarian tumor in a woman in 59 hours.

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The benign tumor began to grow sharply in November 2017. Each week, the weight of the tumor increased by about 4,5 kg, until it became a huge, almost 60-kilogram tumor, which was removed in February.

The team of 12 surgeons took 5 hours to completely remove the tumor, which is considered one of the largest of its kind.

“Tumors this large are extremely rare,” lead surgeon Dr. Vahagn Andikyan told CNN. “Worldwide, between 10 and 20 tumors of this size have been removed.”

Mucinosis (filled with a gelatin-like substance)—the tumor originated from the patient's epithelial cells in her ovary.

“During surgery, we removed this giant tumor that came from her left ovary,” Andikian said. “We removed the left ovary, her left (fallopian) tube and the damaged peritoneal tissue that was adhered to the ovary.”

The soft mass did not spread to any of the other organs of the patient, but its size created a threat to the life of the woman, and her only means of transportation was a wheelchair.

Andikyan said that he “saw the fear in the eyes of the patient,” because other doctors refused to operate on her. But the team of 12 surgeons helped the woman not only to remove the tumor, but also to keep all the important organs so that she could have children if she wanted.

“The good part of this story is that we were able to save her reproductive organs,” the doctor said. “She returned to her normal life, she returned to work, and when I saw her in my office, I saw a smile, I saw hope, and I saw a happy woman who had returned to her normal life and her family.”

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