Rare 4kg renal tumour removed by OGH surgeons

Hyderabad: Doctors at the Osmania General Hospital (

OGH

) have removed a rare 4 kg renal tumour from a 55-year-old patient..

The woman was admitted at the hospital in last week of November with complaint of right side renal mass pushing other organs and blood vessels. She was operated on December 1.

“The tumour of 4 kg was removed and it came out as Leiomyosarcoma, a rare renal tumour. Leiomyosarcomas account for just 2-3 percent of all renal tumour. The surgery was performed by the urology surgeons and anaesthesia team on Dec 1,” said OGH superintendent Dr B Nagendar.

During the ongoing pandemic alone, the OGH department of urology has done nearly 1,000 Percutaneous Nephrolithonomy (PCNL) surgeries and 50 laparoscopic surgeries, he said.