Surgery to remove a “terrible” abdominal tumor for a 39kg woman

On June 8, news from the Central K Hospital said that the patient with a “huge” abdominal tumor was Ms. Tran Thi D (62 years old, from Vu Ban district, Nam Dinh).

About 1 year ago, Ms. D noticed the symptoms of abdominal distension gradually increased, she felt her abdomen became harder, she was still eating, drinking, urinating normally, did not lose weight, so she did not go to the doctor, thinking only because of a poor digestive tract.

In the past 2 weeks, the phenomenon of abdominal distension is more, indigestion and nausea after eating, Mrs. D has just come to the doctor.

At K Central Hospital, on clinical examination, Ms. D had pale skin and mucous membranes, thin body (39kg – 1m 55, BMI 16.2), abdominal examination revealed at least 2 intra-abdominal tumors, large in size. , from the pelvis to the iliac fossa, the right flank.

Computed tomography scan showed a large diffuse abdominal tumor occupying nearly the entire abdomen. Mrs. D was diagnosed with a large retroperitoneal tumor.

The doctors conducted a consultation and gave the indication for surgery to remove the entire tumor because with such a large size, the tumor pressing on it will greatly affect the patient’s health.

The surgical team, including Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kim Van Vu, Head of General Surgery Department of Quan Su and doctors, performed surgery to remove the entire tumor size 40×40 cm extending from the pelvis to the lower border of the liver for Mrs. D. . This is one of the largest tumors operated by K Central Hospital

Multilobed multilobular tumor originating from the posterior abdominal wall pressing on the right kidney, the right colon deviated to the left, sticking to the duodenum and the superior mesenteric vascular system is difficult for the surgeons.

“The tumor is very large, sticky, if not careful, it will damage surrounding structures, endangering the patient’s life.

Therefore, the surgical team did a meticulous, careful dissection, calculating very carefully how to remove the entire tumor while preserving all healthy organs. Thanks to that, the surgery was successful, the patient recovered well,” said Assoc.

After surgery, the patient is stable and discharged from the hospital.

Through the case of Ms. Assoc. Prof. Department recommends, each person needs to pay attention, listen to their own health, go to the doctor promptly when there are abnormal signs, should not be subjective, “self-diagnose” and then have great consequences that make people sick. treatment becomes much more difficult.