Woman with 5kg tumor on her face

Patient TTH, 61 years old (Dong Hung, Thai Binh ) came to the Oncology Center, Thai Binh General Hospital with an abnormally large tumor in the left jaw-neck angle, pain, discomfort, and difficulty breathing.

"The large tumor size deformed the face, pulling the left side of the face and the left side of the neck," informed Dr. Nguyen Phuc Kien, Director of the Oncology Center.

Ms. H. said that the tumor in the left jaw angle appeared 30 years ago and was surgically treated about 10 years ago. However, in recent years, the tumor recurred in the left jaw angle and grew rapidly, causing many difficulties for her life.

After examination, the doctors diagnosed the patient with benign angiofibroma and indicated surgical removal. However, this is a rare case, the surgery is difficult because the tumor is too large and has been operated on once. In addition, the location of the tumor has a complex anatomical structure with many nerves and large blood vessels passing through, so the risk of complications during and after surgery is very high, which can affect the patient's life.

Giant tumor on the patient's face. (Photo: BVCC)

"The tumor spread widely, sticking to the muscles of the left neck, the phrenic nerve, the 10th nerve and the cardiac nerve, the carotid artery and the left jugular vein, so the dissection was very difficult, " said Dr. Luong Van Nhat - Head of the Department of General Science and Technology - Deputy Head of the Department of Surgery - Oncology Center, who directly operated on the patient.

In addition to the large tumor, the patient also had many small tumors mixed in the muscles of the left neck, so it took the doctors a long time to dissect and remove the tumor while preserving the surrounding organs.

After more than 3 hours, the surgery was successful, the large tumor measuring about 40x30x40 cm, weighing 4.6 kg and more than a dozen tumors smaller than 1 cm were separated and removed by the doctors. The patient's health is currently stable.

The Oncology Center, Thai Binh General Hospital has encountered many cases of patients coming to examine and treat giant tumors. Doctors recommend that when detecting an unusual tumor in any location on the body, the patient should go to the hospital for examination. Based on factors such as location, size, level of influence as well as the condition of the tumor, specialists will advise and provide the most optimal treatment plan for the patient.

If the patient is subjective and lets the tumor grow, it can lead to infection, ulcers and pus, invasive compression and adhesion to neighboring organs, reducing or losing the function of those organs, and even cancer. At this time, removing the tumor will be more complicated, time-consuming and expensive.

Nguyen Ngoan

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