A child in Jiangxi was excised a huge tumor the size of six fists of an adult (picture)

　　China News Service Nanchang, April 20 (Wu Pengquan Li Bohui) Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital on the 20th, the hospital recently combined with the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University for 17 hours to isolate a huge abdominal cavity tumor for an 8-year-old 7-month-old child .

　　The above-mentioned child from Nanchang, Jiangxi found a tumor behind the peritoneum during routine physical examination. The parents of the child immediately took him to the General Surgery Department of Jiangxi Children's Hospital. After detailed examination by the hospital, the diagnosis was finally confirmed as abdominal tumor (ganglion cell neuroma).

　　According to the hospital, the upper and lower diameters of the patient's tumor are between 120mm and 150mm, and they are attached to the surrounding liver and intestinal canal. The large blood vessels adhere to the tumor, the boundary is unclear, it is difficult to peel off, and it is easy to cause major bleeding if a little careless.

　　After careful consideration, the general surgery team of the Children ’s Hospital of Jiangxi Province invited oncologists from the Children ’s Hospital of Zhejiang University to work together for the operation of the children and jointly formulate the surgical plan and plan.

　　On April 18, the child entered the operating room. The planned 13-hour tumor isolation surgery was finally completed at 4:40 am the next day, which lasted 17 hours before the tumor was successfully peeled off.

　　According to the hospital, there are about six adult fists in the tumor of the child. At present, the vital signs of the child tend to stabilize.

　　Zhang Shouhua, deputy chief physician of the Department of General Surgery of Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, said that because most of the retroperitoneal tumors are deep, there are no obvious symptoms and signs in the early stage. When the family members of the child find that the child's abdomen is full or the abdominal mass can be touched by hand, the tumor Often it is already huge, and even in the later stages, the clinical symptoms exhibited by the children are not typical. "At present, the surgical treatment for this tumor is mainly surgical resection." (Finish)