Doctors rid woman of football-sized tumour



Vijay Singh | TNN



Navi Mumbai: Mention the word soccer and Rana Mushtaq has butterflies in her stomach. The 50-year-old and mother of two had to recently undergo an operation to get rid of a football-sized tumour from her abdomen.
The tumour had been growing steadily inside the Thane resident’s uterus for quite some time. However, when it threatened to damage her heart, intestines and other internal organs, and made it difficult for her to breathe, she agreed to undergo the surgery.
Mushtaq was operated upon at Vashi’s MGM Hospital and had to be inside the OT for nearly four hours before the intra-abdominal 9-kg tumour, 40 cm in length and 17 cm in breadth, could be removed.
Team surgeon Dr Shalin Dubey said, “This is the biggest tumour I have come across. It had grown so big inside Mushtaq’s uterus in the last eight years that it pushed the intestines and stomach out of the abdominal cavity, and was even threatening her heart.’’
According to doctors, Mushtaq intentionally avoided a surgery as she had a few other medical complications. “However, by mid-June, she was in acute pain and could not even lie down on the bed and forced to go a liquid diet,” a doctor said.
“The patient was operated upon in a 45-degree reclining position, and needed maximum oxygen supply during the intricate tumour removal. It had grown so big that it was pressing into the two important heart vessels, the aorta and inferior vena cava,’’ said Dr Dubey.
The other doctors who participated in the surgery were gynaecologist Dr Tripti Dubey Yadav, anaesthetist Dr Samir Chitnis and Dr Prashant Athale. “I feel much better, lighter now and am very grateful to the doctors who saved me,” said Mushtaq, who is all geared up for a discharge.