PATNA: Doctors of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) surgically removed a cricket ball-sized black fungus or mucormycosis from the brain of a 60-year-old on Friday.
After the three-hour open surgery, the patient, Anil Kumar from Jamui, is doing well.
Talking to this reporter on Saturday, the medical superintendent of the IGIMS, Dr Manish Mandal, said no mucormycosis case of such an intensity in the brain region had been reported from anywhere in the state before.
“A team led by Dr Brajesh Kumar operated on the patient with such precision that his eyes were not affected,” he added.
Two weeks ago, Anil, a post-Covid patient, got epileptic attacks that would lead to temporary unconsciousness.
He consulted the local doctors, but his condition deteriorated and he was admitted to the IGIMS.
“The patient’s CT scan and MRI test showed that his brain had been severely invaded by mucormycosis.
Apart from a cricket ball-sized fungus, about 100ml of abscess was also removed from his brain,” Dr Mandal said.
Dr Brajesh claimed that the fungus had entered the frontal lobe of the brain through the patient’s nasal passage.
Due to its fast spread, he got epileptic attacks.
The IGIMS, a Covid-dedicated facility, has performed numerous surgeries on the patients of mucormycosis that affects various parts of the body, including the nasal passage, mouth, eyes and brain.
IGIMS director, Dr N R Biswas, congratulated the team for the rare surgery.