A woman removes a 46 kg tumor in an emergency surgery at Royal Jordanian

The woman had to go through emergency surgery In a hospital in the city itaperuna, in Rio de Janeiro, to remove 46 kg of tumor. According to the surgeon who performed the procedure, Glaucio BoychatThe 45-year-old patient is still in the hospital, but is responding well to treatment and is already eating.

In an exclusive interview with a landBoechat explained that the woman had lived with the tumor for the past five years without even suspecting it. “I just thought she was gaining weight,” he says.

The patient sought medical help last Monday, only 29 years old, after experiencing difficulty breathing. “Her condition was very serious, if we didn’t operate on her, she could be at risk of respiratory arrest,” the doctor says. In addition to difficulty breathing, the woman also had severe anemia.

The surgery took about two hours, involving about 13 specialists, to remove the tumor, which weighed 46 kg. “I’ve never seen a tumor this big before, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” the surgeon says.

The doctor cannot determine the cause of the condition, as the biopsy result takes up to 20 days to be released. However, it is suspected that the tumor may be a fibroid that formed in the patient’s uterus. “If it’s really a fibroid, it’s one of the largest fibroids ever,” Boechat says.