Bhubaneswar, July 26: Surgeons at the Institute of Medical
Sciences and SUM Hospital here have successfully excised a cancerous
tumour weighing five kg from the body of a 30-year-old patient
recently.
The tumour, which had developed on the patient’s right kidney, is
said to be the largest of its kind to have been surgically removed in
Odisha till date.
The patient, who belonged to Ganjam district, had been
complaining of dull aching flank pain and huge swelling on the right side
of the abdomen for the last six months.
On evaluation by the doctors, it was found that the right kidney
mass with solid and cystic components measured 30 cm x 20 cm and
weighed nearly five kg extending from lower chest to the pelvis, Dr.
Biswanu Sundar Biswal, surgeon in the department of Urology, who led
the surgical team, said.
“This is found to be a rare incidence and largest cancerous mass
reported to have been excised in Odisha and is the fourth largest
neoplastic mass reported in India,” Dr. Biswal said.
The tumour had plenty of feeding vessels which needed to be
carefully separated during the surgery to prevent excessive blood loss,
he said.
Prof. (Dr.) Saswat Patnaik, Head of Department of Anesthesiology
and Dr. Swastika of the same department, were part of the surgical
team.
Prof. (Dr.) Suren Das, Head of Department of Urology, said that
the hospital was equipped to conduct all kinds of urological surgery.
“Our team of urologists are highly skilled to deal with any kind of
disease in the kidneys and urinary tract requiring surgery,” he said.
Congratulating the team, Prof. (Dr.) Pusparaj Samantasinghar,
Medical Superintendent of the hospital, praised the doctors for their
skilful handling of the case. “Such difficult surgeries are being
conducted in IMS and SUM Hospital because of the experience and skill
of the doctors and excellent infrastructure available here for
treatment,” he said.
LARGEST KIDNEY TUMOUR IN ODISHA REMOVED BY SUM DOCTORS
