Indian man, 49, had tumour removed from his abdomen
- Shyamal Tirke’s, 49, from India, 44lb tumour made him vomit after every meal
- His family stopped talking to him after a visit to a witch doctor failed to help
- A free hospital check-up revealed the cancerous mass after a year of agony
- It took two-and-a-half hours to remove the tumour that was crushing his organs
Alexandra Thompson Health Reporter For Mailonline
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A man has had a 44lb (20kg) beach ball-sized tumour removed from his abdomen.
Shyamal Tirke, 49, from India, was convinced by villagers that the mass was caused by a ghost that had possessed him.
Mr Tirke’s impoverished family took him to a witch doctor. Yet, when his condition failed to improve, they stopped talking to him and locked him in a room.
The mass was slowly crushing his organs and made him vomit every time he ate.
Mr Tirke endured excruciating pain for a year before he finally had the tumour removed in a two-and-a-half hour operation.
Shyamal Tirke, 49, from India, had a 44lb beach ball-sized tumour removed from his abdomen
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Mr Tirke went under the knife when his neighbours suggested his family take him to a free check-up at Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital in Kolkata in West Bengal, India.
An X-ray revealed a massive malignant mass, known as a Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma tumour.
His family stopped speaking to him and locked him in a room after a witch doctor failed to help
A team of three doctors spent two-and-a-half hours removing the hefty cancer.
Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh, who led the surgery, said: ‘It is a very rare tumour.
A team of three doctors spent two-and-a-half hours removing the agonising cancerous tumour
‘In fact, it’s the first time the doctors have removed such a large tumour in SSKM.
‘It took us two and a half hour to remove it.
The abdominal mass caused Mr Tirke excruciating pain and vomiting after each meal for a year
‘Shyamal is improving and will back to routine life very soon.’
Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma tumours are a rare form of cancer that develop in the fatty tissues in a space deep in the abdomen near the kidneys, pancreas and bladder.
WHAT IS RETROPERITONEAL LIPOSARCOMA?
Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma is a rare cancer of the abdomen’s fatty tissue.
Its prevalence is unknown.
Symptoms include an abdominal lump or growth and intense pain with bleeding.
Surgery is usually required to remove the tumour.
Surrounding organs may also need to be removed to ensure all cancer cells have gone.
Source: Sarcoma.org.uk
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