A woman from Dublin is to have a giant ‘breast-sized’ tumour removed from her back after living with it for over a decade.
According to a British Medical Journal case report published last week, the 46-year-old woman arrived at a clinic in Dublin with a growth on the right-hand side of her back, which measured 19cm in length and 6.7cm wide.
It had been growing for around 10 years, but had increased considerably in size over the last three, although the patient said it was painless.
Dr Tunde Abdulsalam, who provided the case report, described the tumour as ‘impressive’, saying it was firm to the… Read the full story