Mangalore, March 5: In a first-of-its-kind operation in the Dakshina Kannada district, a tumour was removed from the heart of a youth through surgery by doctors from the Omega Hospital.
A team of doctors performed this rare heart surgery by removing the tumour measuring six centimetres and restored the normal functioning of the heart.
A 32-year-old male patient (name not revealed), came to Dr K Mukund, Chief Cardiologist at the hospital, complaining about fever that persisted for the last 15- 20 days. He also complained of breathless during climbing the stairs. The echocardiogram showed a large ball-like tumour occupying the whole of the right atrium (upper chamber), which was obstructing the right sided valve (Tricuspid) during the different phases of heart beat and reducing blood flow to the lungs. He was further subjected to MDCT Angio, which confirmed the presence of tumour in the right side of the heart.
In an open heart surgery on February 24 using a heart lung machine, the tumour was removed completely. The tumour was very large and was filling the whole chamber of the heart.
This rare surgery was performed by Dr A G Jayakrishna , Chief Cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr KT Anand, Senior Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Dr Chethana Anand, Senior Cardiac Anesthetist, Senior Clinical Perfusionist Mr Ganapathy Bhat and Mr Vinay , Physician Assistant.
Normally any tumour on the right side of the heart goes unnoticed as they are not accompanied by any symptoms. In the present the tumour was detected due to good clinical examination. If the tumour was left alone chances of sudden death of patient due to the obstruction of pulmonary arteries was most likely. After surgery, the patient had no fever and his echocardiography showed restoration of normal health.
Microscopic examination of the tumour after removal showed it to be a Jelly friable tumor. This is an innocent tumour and not cancerous. The patient however needs to be on follow up regularly and echocardiography examination needs to be done once in six months as there are remote chances of recurrence.
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