Dr. Sundaram Pillai, Surgical Oncologist, Zynova Shalby Hospital and his team triumphantly removed a massive 6 kg tumour from the abdomen of a 51-year-old Yemen man afflicted with Liposarcoma, an uncommon form of cancer.
Nasser started having vague upper abdominal discomfort for 15-20 days. Initial work up was done in Yemen. A CT scan was done in Yemen which revealed lesions in Retroperitoneum s/o Liposarcoma. Due to lack of availability of expertise in their country, the patient was referred to India.
Dr Sundaram Pillai, Surgical Oncologist, Zynova Shalby Hospital said, “ Pet Scan and biopsy was done here. It revealed a huge tumour of size 30 cm *25 cm * 25 cm. Liposarcoma is an unusual type of cancer that originates in fat cells in the soft tissues of the body. Patient was explained about the need for Multivisceral resection.
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Dr Pillai added, "In a surgery that lasted for 4 hours, a 6 kg mass was extracted from the abdomen. As the tumour was encasing pancreas and spleen, hence a large part of the pancreas and the entire spleen had to be removed. As the tumour was stuck to greater curvature of the stomach, a part of the stomach also had to be taken out. The surgery went well and the patient was discharged after 8 days of hospitalisation.”
“I was diagnosed with Liposarcoma 1 month ago. I tried to seek treatment in my country but failed due to the lack of infrastructure and non-availability of expertise which is why I came to India. I was fortunate to have been treated by a skilled team of doctors in the hospital," concluded Nasser.
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