Manipal: Doctors remove 'massive' 16kg ovarian tumour from woman

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New Delhi: Doctors at a Manipal hospital were successful in removing a massive 16kg ovarian tumour from a 69-year-old woman in a surgery which lasted for five hours.

Doctors at Kasturba hospital claim that it was possibly the largest-ever tumour found in coastal Karnataka.

The patients however is doing well and on road to recovery, claim the doctors.

As per a report published in Times of India, the patient underwent hysterectomy and her uterus was removed while retaining the ovaries.

Three months ago, she had a complaint of loss of appetite and also a feeling of being full and bloated even with little intake of food.