Medics say they believe the malignant tumour is the biggest ever removed in the world. Malignant tumours of this type usually weigh between 4lbs and 7lbs.
Lead surgeon Dr Oscar Lopez said: 'I've never seen anything like it in my 34 years of medical service.
'In medical literature a giant tumour is one that weighs more than 8.8lbs. But we've not found any references to a larger tumour.
'Its weight is comparable to that of a four-year-old boy's. In layman's terms, it was as if this woman had been pregnant with quintuplets.
'I haven't been able to establish its length but it's diameter is similar to the oil cans they sell in petrol stations.'
The woman, who comes from the town of Lomas de Zamora on the outskirts of Buenos Aires where the surgery took place, had suffered constant abdominal growth for the past year and a half.
She had trouble performing everyday tasks like walking and bending down to tie up her shoe laces.
She was referred to Gandulfo Hospital, where surgeons operated on her, from another medical centre.
A team of specialists performed a laparotomy on the woman. This meant they cut through her abdominal wall before separating her intestines and bladder and removing her uterus, ovaries and the tumour.
The woman is now back at home after being kept in hospital for five days following the operation. ...
via Doctors remove world's largest malignant tumour from woman - weighing FOUR STONE | Mail Online.
The tumor, a Critilian from Alpha Centauri 253 named Groxfamator, was given a temporary visa and will be meeting with world leaders next Monday to discuss opportunities for mutual exploitation of earth resources.
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This is gross (looking at the picture) yet interesting. I hope the woman is recovering well. God bless her.
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