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Old 14th July 2005, 01:04
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A team of doctors has removed a tumor weighing 24kg from a woman patient in a surgery that lasted two hours and half, reported on Tuesday the Moroccan first national channel 'TVM'.

The patient, 58, was suffering from a 52 on 42cm tumor that was covering her stomach. The patient was still in reanimation under perfusion and artificial respiration several hours after the surgery. "It is a relatively dangerous case as a tumor of this size in the stomach hampers blood circulation and respiration," said one of the doctors. According to the Guinness World Records, the largest tumor ever removed ...

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