Bangladeshi doctor remove 42 kg tumour: Surgeon

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Surgeons at Bangladesh's biggest hospital have removed a giant 42 kilogram tumour from a 40-year-old man's abdomen, a doctor said on Wednesday.

Bangladeshi doctor remove 42 kg tumour: Surgeon Dhaka, June 11: Surgeons at Bangladesh's biggest hospital have removed a giant 42 kilogram tumour from a 40-year-old man's abdomen, a doctor said on Wednesday. Dhaka medical college hospital surgeon Omar Ali told reporters he understood the tumour, which was bigger than a football, to be the largest removed by medical staff in the country.

He said the man, a rickshaw puller, noticed his stomach growing larger over the past two years but believed the increase in size was caused by water retention.

Eventually he admitted himself to hospital and surgery was performed yesterday, he said.

"After a three-hour operation, we have removed a 42-kilogram tumour from his abdomen. It is the biggest we have ever seen and we believe it's the biggest in the country's history," Ali said.

"We are checking whether it is cancerous or not. It's amazing that how he carried on with such a big tumour in his body."

He said the growth was 81 centimetres long and 61 centimetres wide.

"It was like he was carrying around a big jackfruit stuffed in his abdomen. It was bigger than a football."

Ali said the tumour had been growing for at least for three or four years. The man was in a stable condition.