Tag: tumor
HCMC doctors remove huge tumor from four-day-old infant
A newborn weighing 5.8 kilograms had a 2.5-kilogram tumor removed at Children Hospital No. 2 in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday evening. The son of Nguyen Thi T. from southern Kien Giang Province was born last Saturday at HCMC Tu Du Hospital. Due to presence of the large tumor, the infant was transferred to Children... Read more
Orphan with facial tumor to consult with US doctors
An 11-year-old Vietnamese orphan with a massive growth on his face has been offered help by US experts after a Canadian hospital said removing the tumor would be too risky. Pham Hoang Son was brought to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in July 2007 by the Ottawa-based Children’s Bridge Foundation.Foundation... Read more
Woman Ok after 3.5kg tumor removed, says hospital
A woman who had a 3.5 kilogram uterine fibroma removed has been discharged from a local hospital in central Quang Ngai province, according to the hospital. Fifty-one-year-old Huynh Thi Bon was hospitalized several days ago with bleeding and a swelling womb.After a three-hour operation, doctors successfully removed the 3.5kg fibroma from her uterus.According... Read more