Ahmedabad: When a three-year-old girl’s stomach began to increase, her parents were worried.
Initially, they despite their lifestyles who settled and excessive meals might cause bloating.
However, when the stomach continues to grow, the alarm bell starts ringing.
At this time, the child could barely sit, stand or even breathe properly.
The scan revealed that a massive tumor in the stomach did not only shrink the diaphragm, but also suppress the kidneys.
After several consultations, the girl was taken to the Apollo Cancer Care Center where Singhal’s Nitin Surgical Oncologist and the team identified as a case of Wilms, a rapidly growing tumor.
Parents are told that it is a risky operation.
“The child is too young, but the need for hours is to ensure that he does not develop other complications.
With a team including Ankit Chauhan anesthesia and pediatric surgeon Kirti Prajapati, our initial idea is at least removing part of the tumor,” Dr.
Singhal said.
“But on the operating theater, we realized that it was the biggest wilms tumor we handled with a weight of 3.1 kg – 22% of the total weight of a 14 kg girl!” The team said that they submitted this case to an international medical journal as rarely occurrence.
“Apart from the size of the size weight and tumor-eternal, the case is interesting like the girl has a kidney horseshoe – where the kidney tip is mounted from one side – and the tumor has grown from it.
The occurrence of a wilms tumor – also known as Nephroblastoma, one of the kidney cancer Most common among children – the kidneys are less than 1%, “said Dr.
Singhal.
The child was dismissed on the fifth day of operation after the first dose of chemotherapy.
“He recovered well.
It must be a frightening moment for us when we know about big tumors, but now breathing and food intake are normalized,” said the girl’s father told toi.
Dr.
Singhal said that tumors in the pediatric age group generally have a better survival opportunity if they are diagnosed in time.