Surgeons from ‘Heart and Brain’ Pleven removed a three-kilogram growth from a woman’s back

A team of surgeons at ‘Heart and Brain’ have removed a huge inflammatory growth from high up in the back of a 50-year-old woman from Knezha. The growth weighed three kilograms and was 30 cm long, with multiple inflamed ulcers and sores, extremely painful for the woman.

The patient had neglected the growing ‘hump’ for years and only sought medical attention when the growth began to become inflamed, painful and the surface of the growth developed sores, blisters and ulcers which bled. She chose ‘Heart and Brain’ Pleven because of the leading specialists and the multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment.

Due to the size, inflammation and multiple blood vessels, the surgery lasted nearly three hours. The surgeons successfully removed the growth, but recommended the woman undergo a detailed clinical examination of the entire body due to the possibility of other similar formations.

“This is the first time in our practice that we have encountered such a formation, both in size and inflammatory process. Fortunately, the histological examination proved that it is benign and the woman will be able to continue her life without any problems – with self-confidence, without pain and heaviness,” informed Dr. Dimitar Georgiev, the lead surgeon and head of the team that performed the surgery.