Saint Petersburg doctors removed malignant tumors weighing more than…
Saint Petersburg doctors removed malignant tumors weighing more than 18 kilograms from a 72-year-old woman.
Consensus
- A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized in St. Petersburg due to severe breathing difficulties and inability to eat.
- Doctors at Mariinsky Hospital removed multiple malignant tumors weighing over 18 kg from the patient.
- The surgery lasted more than six hours and included removal of three large tumors and a partial stomach resection.
- The patient has no distant metastases, which allowed for radical treatment.
- Post-surgery, the patient is stable, able to eat independently, and preparing for discharge.
- The operation was conducted at Mariinsky Hospital in St. Petersburg.
Points of divergence
- One tumor measured 40 × 30 × 35 cm; another was 15 × 10 cm, a third was 5 × 5 cm, and there was a 5 × 4 cm stenosing tumor blocking the endoscope passage. — fontanka
- One tumor affected the colon (obturator), another was in the stomach, and the third involved the bladder. — m24
- The operation included subtotal distal gastrectomy; the patient will be transferred to a specialized oncology facility for follow-up care. — fontanka
- The tumor in the colon was described as infiltrating (prorastayushchaya). — m24
Coverage (3 sources)
- Doctors at Mariinsky Hospital saved elderly patient from 18 kilograms of malignant tumors — Фонтанка
- Malignant tumors weighing more than 18 kg removed from woman in St. Petersburg, health committee reports — ТАСС (Telegram)
- St. Petersburg doctors removed a tumor weighing more than 18 kg from a woman — Москва 24