Babiker Hassabelgawi Ahmed, a 57-year-old man from Sudan was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. He had undergone a tumor removal surgery 15 years back and did not have any problems till 2018.
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‘Babiker Hassabelgawi Ahmed, a 57-year-old man from Sudan was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and had undergone a tumor removal surgery 15 years back. However, the tumor has reoccurred and Delhi Doctors treated him successfully.’
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Two years back he started having a few episodes of seizure and noticed a small nodule over his forehead a year back, which exponentially increased in size within seven-eight months. By that time, the skin around the tumor mass eroded, his health deteriorated and he started having frequent seizures. Read More..
His health did not improve while he was dealing with his condition through medication.
He was advised to have an MRI scan by experts in Sudan, which he neglected to do. Within a short span of time the tumor grew, breaking the skin of the forehead and making it the shape of a horse-shoe.
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"Seeing Mr Ahmed's case, we planned to do surgical removal through bicoronal flap mobilization, strip craniotomy and excision of the complete bone tumor, extemporization of frontal sinus and duroplasty by artificial dura and cranioplasty by titanium mesh and flap tailoring to close the galea," said Amit Srivastava, Director and Senior Consultant Neuro Surgery at Aakash Healthcare.
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"We created a flab on the forehead skin, since skin was involved, we had to remove the upper lining and bones in the brain along with the tumor, as it was hugely spread across the forehead skull and skin," Srivastava said.
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The surgery was completed successfully after almost 11-12 hours with a team of three doctors. These kind of tumors are usually due to some genetic disorders.
"This hospital extended all possible support to us and the entire team of doctors were very comforting and helpful. Our case was treated on priority and I was given a second chance to life," said Ahmed.
The patient was discharged on the seventh day after surgery and is fine now. His urinary incontinence and blurry vision have been managed but he will be on medication for a few months.
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