Nair Hospital doctor removes 'heaviest' 1.87-kg brain tumour

Mumbai | Thursday | 22nd February, 2018

Summary:

A 31-year-old cloth vendor from Uttar Pradesh was admitted to Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central to remove a brain tumour weighing 1.873 kgs. The hospital said that this is the heaviest brain tumour to be removed successfully in the world. Nair Hospital with progressive swelling of scalp, heaviness, headaches and diminution of vision in both eyes since a year. Chance of a tumour developing again can be said only after getting his medical report.”Before coming to Nair Hospital, he was undergoing treatment in UP. Speaking about the case, Dr Trimurti Nadkarni, Professor, and Head of Neurosurgery at Nair Hospital, said, “Due to pressure of the tumour, the patient lost his vision..