UAE hospital SSMC’s doctors successfully removes 30.5kg rare ovarian tumour – Gulf Today

UAE hospital SSMC’s doctors successfully removes 30.5kg rare ovarian tumour – Gulf Today

The operation was a resounding success with the tumour removed in one piece and the patient is now making a full recovery.

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), one of the UAE’s largest hospitals for serious and complex care and member of the PureHealth network, has recently performed a landmark operation by successfully removing a tumour of unusual size.

Despite ovarian tumours of this size (30.5kg) being extremely rare, the 1.5-hour operation was skilfully conducted by Dr Muhieddine Seoud and SSMC’s obstetrics and gynecological (OB-GYN) surgical team. The operation was a resounding success with the tumour removed in one piece and the patient is now making a full recovery.



The 63-year-old patient, a limousine driver, was recently admitted to SSMC via its Emergency Department (ED), suffering from severe abdominal pain. Remarkably, the patient had endured various degrees of discomfort and pain for over three years before presenting to doctors on March 23.



Following a referral from the ED to the hospital’s OB-GYN experts, the patient was admitted immediately, with surgery performed the same day through SSMC’s emergency service.



Commenting on SSMC’s recent surgical milestone and the full recovery of the patient, Dr Seoud, treating consultant physician and chair of Obstetrics