How big is the biggest tumor?
According to the world's Guinness records, the largest tumor was removed from the human body intact, weighed £ 303 (£ 137.6) and measured a diameter of 3 feet (1 m). The tumor located on the right ovary was removed in 1991 during the operation performed by Professor Katherine O'han at Stanford University Medical Center in California. Operation to remove the tumor from the abdomen unnamed 34 -year -old woman took six hours. The pathology report concluded that the tumor was benign. The patient performed complete recovery and reportedly did not seek treatment earlier because he was found and suffered from agoraphobia. The shots are shown by the medical team 12 in the operating room, which prepares the patient for surgical procedure using a red sterile solution called Betadine. The doctor explains that the woman needs to be placed on her side for surgery, because laying on her back could mean that she is crushed by a massive weight of the tumor. Upon completion of the procedure, the tumor from the operating room on the stretcher is processed and leaves the patientolik set liber free.
The guest performed at Oprah Winfrey Show was just shy to have the largest tumor in the world. The Lori Hoogewind tumor (90.8 kg), which was also attached to its belly, was also attached to her belly, was caused by the neurofibromatosis of genetic disorder and required a life -threatening 18 -hour surgery.
In 2004, a 47 -year -old Romanian woman Lucica Bunghez underwent to eliminate another rival to the largest tumor in the world, which is £ 176 (80 kg) growth caused by neurofibroma. The tumor was wrapped around the body of the patient who weighed its small frame. The removal of the procedure took eight hoursbunghez tumor compared to the six -hour tumor's largest tumor procedure was removed intact.
Other cases of tumors and other cystic growths attracted the medium attention due to serious disfigurement of the eligible patient, although the growth classifies as the largest tumorin the world. For example, in 2004, doctors removed 16-liber (7.3 kg) a facial tumor from a 14-year-old Haitian girl named Marlie Casseus, whose facial features were already distorted and the tumor was almost blinded. Casseus was born with a case of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, which caused its bone structure to solidify.