Amazing!! Doctors’ removed world’s Largest 11.5 kg Adrenal Tumour!!

The patient was Unaware of the Tumour!!!

Doctors' removed world's Largest Tumour

Patient was unaware of the tumour except for increase in weight and heaviness on the right of the abdomen. It all started when 55 –year-old Ashwini Marwah, Who had been consistently increasing weight over the last few years, The tumour was located adjacent to vital organs, particularly the kidney, inferior vena cava and intestines. During doctors’ investigation they claim it is the world’s largest tumour with 11.5 kg. The patient came in with a body mass index of 48, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and other medical complications. Patient was a high-risk candidate for the surgery. It was also highly vascular and attached to the right kidney, inferior vena cava and intestines. The biggest challenge was to salvage the patient’s right kidney, since patient’s kidney functions were already affected due to diabetes and hypertension. Histopathology of the tumour confirmed the diagnosis of adrenal myelolipoma. The largest tumour reported in India so far weighed 6 kg and was removed in 2003,while the largest adrenal adenoma, the differential diagnosis for adrenal tumours, removed in the world weighed 7.5 kg and was removed in 2003, according to a release issued by the hospital.