Massive 5kg tumour removed from woman’s uterus in UAE

  • Date: 22-Sep-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Massive 5kg tumour removed from woman’s uterus in UAE

Her bloated stomach made her look like she was nine months pregnant. Walking became a drag and she also experienced nagging pain in her back and abdomen. Worse, she had heavy menstrual bleeding. The 'heaviness' weighed the 40-year-old Bangladeshi expat down over the last two years.

She had visited several hospitals complaining about her condition but was turned away as her case was dubbed as 'extremely complicated', until she reached Thumbay University Hospital, Thumbay Medicity in Ajman.

In a three-and-a-half-hour rare abdominal surgery, doctors at the hospital removed a giant size tumour, weighing 5kg, from the woman's uterus. The massive uterine tumour (fibroid) had almost encroached her entire abdomen as well as stomach, forcing her to go through an exasperating