Austrian woman recovering after doctors remove 18-pound tumor
Austrian woman recovering after doctors remove 18-pound tumor
A 75-year-old Austrian woman is recovering after doctors successfully removed an 18-pound tumor from her stomach, The Local reported.
The tumor reportedly was growing in Maria Krammers stomach for several years unnoticed.
After experiencing digestive issues and pain, Krammer consulted her doctor, who ordered a CT scan.
Doctors discovered the massive tumor in the results, and a team of surgeons operated on her three days later. The two-hour surgery was complicated by the fact that the tumor had grown around some of Krammers organs.
Weve removed tumors half this size, but to have concealed something the size of a medicine ball inside your stomach is very unusual, Gerhard Wolf, a member of the University Hospital Graz (LKH) surgery team, told The Local.
Though doctors believe the tumor is benign, it is being analyzed at the Institute of Pathology, according to the news report.
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WOW...Best of luck to here, and I hope the tumor isn't cancerous.
Me, too!
Years ago when I was in the hospital, a Nurse came into the room to give me my meds, and her tummy was big, so, I asked when the Blessed Event was...she said...'I'm not pregnant, I have an in-operable tumor" I felt sooo bad tears came to my eyes...I could have jumped of the face of the earth...