A large abdominal tumor weighing 4.10 Kilogram in a 75 years old man was successfully removed at Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana. The tumor was involving the body of pancreas and large intestine.
The operation was successfully carried out by Dr.Navneet Kumar Chaudhary, Professor and Head of Surgery and his team of surgeons including Dr.Shekhar Upadhyay, Dr.Pankaj Sircar, Dr.Nitin J Peters. The patient has recovered well after successful surgery.
Tumors in this part of specially arisingfrom pancreas and upper stomach and sometime large intestine do not produce symptoms in the early stage and because of this reason, the
patients usually present to hospital very late. In such locally advanced tumors the resection usually includes removal of adjoining organs.
It is very important to be vigilant about subtle symptoms like loss of appetite, postprandial fullness and change in bowel habit, so that tumors like this arising from pancreas and other intraabdominal organs are diagnosed at early stage with better outcome.
