175-Pound Tumor Is Removed From Woman
From Times Wire Reports
A team of Romanian and U.S. doctors said they had removed a tumor weighing 175 pounds from a female patient in a 10-hour operation.
Lucica Bunghez, 47, had been largely confined to bed because of the tumor, which weighed almost double the rest of her body and covered her back, waist and hips, doctors said.
“She is very well. The lack of the tumor really suits her,” said Ion Lascar, head of the plastic surgery department of Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest. Larger tumors have been removed from other people, with the record topping 300 pounds.
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