Chennai, Oct 28 : A team of neurosurgeons at Gleneagles Global Health City (GGHC) in Chennai successfully removed an eight cm tumour involving a complex brain surgery of a sexagenarian woman from Nellore.

The 65-year-old woman from Nellore underwent a 12 hour micro neurosurgery as she had a massive 8 cm tumour in her brain.

While she exhibited minor symptoms such as poor memory, behavioural changes and loss of balance while walking (that she had been suffering for the past four months), diagnosis was a challenge as these were interpreted as common age-related conditions by other doctors.

The patient underwent a MRI scan which revealed a giant tumour and was informed as inoperable by other hospitals owing to its size.

Neurosurgeons at GGHC on examining the patient, concluded that she needed further diagnosis by asking her to undergo a MRI which showed a massive 8 cm tumour in the frontal region of the brain. The growth was compressing the brain and causing severe intracranial pressure.

The complexity and position of the tumour was enumerated and she underwent a 12 hour micro neurosurgery for successful removal of the tumour without affecting the normal functioning of the brain.

After the surgery, the patient was put on to the ventilator in the ICU. “It was meningioma which is a non-cancerous brain tumour”, the hospital said in a release today.

She was discharged on the eighth day after a short period of rehabilitation and was able to walk independently.(UNI)