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18kg tumor removed from woman

by VR Sreeraman on Nov 23 2006 7:33 PM

A team of doctors in Himachal Pradesh have removed an 18 kg ovarian tumour from a woman in her 20s. The operation was performed Wednesday at a hospital in Kullu, 240 km from here, media reports said Thursday Kesari Devi from Sarsed village in Mandi district had reported at the hospital with pain and a swelling in her belly.

"It took about 90 minutes to remove the hard oval shaped tumour from the right side of her body," said surgeon Sumedh Kaul

Source-IANS
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