According to a post shared on Facebook by Abraham OC Ogolo, doctors at a
Nigerian hospital removed a giant fibroid weighing 26kg from a woman's
stomach. His post below:
"Doctors from Safe Hands Medicare Center Nigeria have removed this.
According to the hospitals social media report, confirmatory results
shows that the mass weighed 26kg in Histopathology lab and was a 32cm
degenerating fibroid. This makes it the Largest ever mass to be removed
from an individual in any part of the world.
Update: this surgery took place in 2014 in Nigeria...but still news to many..so continue reading...
The surgery was done without blood transfusion
Access to good healthcare can make a difference. This is the reason I
campaign vigorously for universal access to good quality healthcare.
It is a common belief in Africa that a woman with a large mass such as
this one may have been cursed by someone in her present or in her past
life. Some unqualified personnel may even attempt to make incisions
(cuts) with unsterilised blades or knives all over her abdomen. She may
be given different substances to drink and eat in order to deflate the
tummy. Wrong diagnosis can be done in the absence of diagnostic
equipments. This is the reason many still die in developing countries"
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