Man let massive head tumor grow for 20 years over alleged fear of surgery
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Surgeons successfully removed an 11-pound tumor from a man’s head after he finally sought help for the mass that had been reportedly growing for 20 years. The patient, identified only as a man in India named Sakthivel, was allegedly afraid to see a doctor after his brother died during an earlier surgery, SWNS reported.
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But the mass began restricting the 31-year-old's movement and greatly impacted his everyday life, prompting him to finally seek help.
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“The patient came to our hospital in the second week of May with a huge growth on his head and restrictions of neck movement,” Dr. J. Srisaravanan, Sakthivel’s neurosurgeon at Government Rajaji Hospital, told SWNS.
Srisaravanan, who led the 10-hour surgery to remove the tumor, said that cost was also preventing his patient from seeking previous treatment.
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“The tumor was almost equal in size to his head,” he told the news outlet. “I had never come across such a big tumor in the head in my career of 15 years in neurosurgery.”