A Melon-Size Tumor Was Removed From A Man's Neck
A melon-sized tumor in a man's neck was threatening to suffocate the patient. The cancer was identified as pleomorphic sarcoma, a type of cancer that can develop in blood vessels as well as in deep skin, fat, muscle, or nerve tissue.
This cancer is known to grow rapidly, usually in one part of the body, or it can even spread to the other parts of the body.
About the Case:
In this case, an 81-year-old man was diagnosed with soft-tissue cancer called pleomorphic sarcoma.
The tumor mass measured about 9 inches (23 centimeters) across and weighed about 3 kilograms.
At the time of diagnosis, the tumor was about the size of a large cherry tomato on the neck, but over the next month, the mass swelled to the size of an apple. This was when the patient decided to get it removed.
The patient consulted a surgeon who deemed the procedure to be too risky as the tumor had grown around the man's carotid artery. Removing the mass might sever the critical blood vessel, doctors worried.
It was finally when the patient was referred to Dr. Nazir Kahn, head and neck surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. By that time, the tumor growth has reached the size of a melon. The surgeon worried as any more growth might have suffocated the patient.
The procedure took about 7 hours to complete, which was shorter than expected, the surgeon told. The doctors had not had to reconstruct regions of the patient's neck, as they expected they might have to.
The patient is now recovering well and is expected to undergo further cancer treatment in the next few months.
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