By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 19th September:- A team of PGIMER doctors, lead by
Prof. Jaimanti Bakshi, Professor and unit Head, department of ENT, removed a
tumorweighing 3.5 kg from the oral cavity of a patient. These types of cases
are extremely rare and require an advanced set up and technical skill to
operate.
The patient, a 45 years
old male is a resident of Punjab. He developed the swelling in right lower jaw,
5 years back. The swelling was insidious onset and gradually increasing in
size. Due to poor financial conditions, the patient couldn’t seek medical
attention.” Patient also had difficulty in chewing food, resulting in iron
deficiency anemia, hypoproteinemia and generalized malnutrition due to the
dysphagia and bleeding caused by the tumor. From last 1 month, there was
a rapid increase in size of swelling and maggot infestation, leading to severe
infection. When he presented to PGI, he was fully worked up and financial
assistance was provided to patient, as per the institute poor free scheme. The
patient was diagnosed with,“benignmesenchymal tumour
of Right Lower jaw (mandible). Size of the tumor was 30 cms x 20 cms and
patient was in a miserable condition due to this huge fungating tumor with foul
smelling pus discharge and frequent bleeding. Benign mesenchymal tumours
are composed of fibrous connective tissue, smooth muscle, skeletal muscle,
blood and lymphatic vessels, adipose tissue and peripheral nerve tissue. It can
occur anywhere in body but presentation in head and neck is rare. These tumors
can transform into malignancy (cancer) if not treated early.
The
team of doctors, under Prof Jaimanti, treated the infection, anemia and
hypoproteinemia prior to surgery.The surgery lasted 8 hours and was done
jointly by the departments of ENT and plastic surgery. Patients Right lower half
of jaw had to be removed as it was involved by the tumour along with 8cm x 6cms
of the involved skin. There was a huge defect on the face after tumor removal
which was closed primarily by the plastic surgeon. The patient is stable after
surgery and is recovering satisfactorily.
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