A woman had a 32kg tumour removed from her ovary after she went in complaining of shortness of breath.
The 24-year-old patient sought medical help after also having a feeling of heaviness.
Bizarrely, she’d also experienced weight loss, as the size of the mass meant she could barely eat.
Medics who examined her discovered that the oversized growth had also attached to her intestine and omenta.
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They ruled that it needed to be removed immediately to prevent her from developing more health problems.
Dr Atanas Ignatov and his team completely extracted the huge tumour in a gruelling but successful op.
The patient suffered no complications and was able to leave the University Women’s Clinic in Magdeburg, Germany, after just a week.
According to the medics, the removed growth was a cystadenoma – a type of benign tumour that develops from ovarian tissue.
It had grown over a long time period without being noticed.
Dr Ignatov said in a statement: “A tumour of this size is extremely unusual, as women usually seek medical help at an early stage.
“The patient was afraid of the operation and therefore suppressed the tumour, but I would like to emphasise that affected women should not be afraid. They are in the best hands with us.
“Our clinic is geared towards providing highly specialised medical assistance.
“Early detection is the key to successful treatment and we support our patients in this important aspect of preventive healthcare.”
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