Nair hospital doctors successfully remove 1.873 kg tumour from Santlal Pal’s brain

NEW DELHI: At the first time, a team of doctors from Mumbai based hospital which is run by Civic Nair hospital located at Central Mumbai have successfully removed a tumour by operation weighing 1.873 kg from the brain of a 31-year-old man named Santlal Pal after a seven-hour-long operation. Santlal Pal is a cloth vendor. The operation had been performed by a team led by neurosurgeon Dr Trimurti Nadkarni. "Pal was admitted in the Department of Neurosurgery with progressive swelling of scalp, heaviness, headaches and diminution of vision in both eyes since the last one year. On examination, he was found with a firm scalp swelling measuring 30x30x20 cms," the civic body said in a statement. After conducting various tests, the doctors came to know that the tumor invaded into the brain on both sides of the midline through the skull bone. Explaining the high-risk surgery, Dr Nadkarni said the patient required transfusion of 11 units of blood. "A tumour weighed 1.873 kgs which is the largest weight of a brain tumour to be excised successfully in the world. The weight of a similar case reported earlier was 1.4 kgs," he said. Dr. Nadkarni said such large tumors are rare and are a surgical challenge. "There is a heavy blood loss and this requires great team skill in perioperative monitoring for a successful result.