City docs remove one of the largest tumours in world

(L) The tumour removed from Savitri Devi (Right). Doctors at a hospital in city successfully removed 1.2 feet long tumor from a woman’s liver. It is reportedly one of the largest liver

tumors in the world found in a 45 year old woman from Sikar. The tumour was half-a-foot wide and had covered over 75 per cent of her liver. The largest reported case of liver hemangioma in

the world is 1.31 feet. Savitri Devi, a resident of Khudi Badi village in Laxmangarh block was suffering from abdominal pain and swelling for the last three years and had already been

diagnosed with liver hemangioma, a non-cancerous tumor of liver. The tumor had grown over the duration of last three years and even a small injury to the abdomen could have led to possible

rupture, bleeding and even death. “Operating on such a large tumor is a high-risk procedure,” Dr. Kapileswar Vijay, Consultant - Laparoscopic, GI & Bariatric Surgery at Narayana Hospital

told DNA. “It could lead to bleeding during surgery, post-surgery liver failure or infection, which are all life-threatening. We are happy that we could successfully remove the tumor and

give a new lease of life to the patient,” he added. After running special diagnostic tests, doctors decided that the best course of treatment would be to surgically remove the tumor through

a procedure known as extended left hepatectomy. The surgery took two-and-a-half hours, loss of blood was minimum and the tumor was successfully removed. “She did not face any complication

and was discharged within five days of surgery,” Harlal Prasad, husband of Savitri Devi said. “We came here after consulting many doctors. My wife is now doing well and is under regular

follow up at the hospital,” Harlal added. WAS SUFFERING FROM ABDOMINAL PAIN Savitri Devi, a resident of Khudi Badi village in Laxmangarh block was suffering from abdominal pain and swelling

for the last three years and had already been diagnosed with liver hemangioma, a non-cancerous tumor of liver. The tumor had grown over the duration of last three years and even a small

injury to the abdomen could have led to possible rupture, bleeding and even death.