Morning Mail
NEW DELHI, MARCH 4: In a rare surgery, doctors at the AIIMS had removed a tumour weighing 17 kg from the abdomen of a 30-year-old woman suffering from a rare ovarian tumour (growing teratoma syndrome).

Medical experts at the AIIMS claimed that it was the largest overian tumour removal in India till now and the case has been sent to be documented in Limca Book of Records. From Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, AIIMS Dr neerja Bhatla said that till now the Limca Book of Record has recorded biggest ovarian cyst removal in the country is of 6.1 kg.

Noonwati Devi, a native of Banka district in Bihar came to AIIMS in December last year with huge abdomenal tumour which was growing rapidly and caused constant pain. According to Umesh Das, husband of the patients, his wife had developed a small cystic tumour in her right ovary for which she had undergone ovarian cystectomy followed by three cycles of chemotherapy in Bihar in March 2014.

Dr Bhatla said that however, even after chemotherapy, the mass inside the abdomen kept growing progressively. In fact within 8-9 months the tumour had already occupied whole of her abdomen and the doctors at Bihar had given up the case.

Mr Das brought his wife to AIIMS in December last year. After patients arrival at AIIMS, the surgical oncologists evaluated her condition and found her fit for surgery. “On evaluation we found that she was fit for surgery as this was the only option before us for treating this kind of tumour. CT Scan conducted on her showed huge abdomino pelvic mass originating from right adnexal region and her uterus and urinary bladder could not be seen separately, said surgical oncologist at AIIMS Dr M D Ray, .

Health experts at AIIMS found that there were multiple large deposits seen in different parts of abdomen and at the entrance of liver. biopsy showed possibility of Germ cell tumour leaving option surgery for the treatment.

The operation took eight hours after which the doctors had to entirely reconstruct the urinary bladder with the intestine and reconnect the large and small bowels to maintain the continuity of the gut. Teratoma tumour actually is a Germ cell tumour which happens in case of females in the ovary and in case of males in testis in between 22-40 years.