Unique operation saved the mother and child

Young woman and her unborn baby were rescued after a unique operation to remove the tumor, which is fed by hormones of pregnancy and threatened to destroy the heart and lungs of the future mother. This is the first such operation in the world e.

26-year-old Nicola Ellington had no idea that after she became pregnant, her body has begun to feed not only the child but also benign teratoma . This tumor was named in honor of the beast of Greek mythology, because it is often created from the cells that form the teeth and the hair of the child.

Nicole and her unborn daughter Laila Sky will have a very gloomy outlook, as benign teratoma in a woman's breast soon grew to the size of a watermelon, and pressed on with a light heart. Then the surgeons decided on a unique operation to remove a huge teratoma.

A resident of British Petersboro went through this surgery at the University Hospital of Coventry. Before this incident, the surgeons have never performed   removal of teratoma   a pregnant woman. The operation was carried out Dr. Joseph Marzouk, and she was successful - mother and baby survived.

"We think that produced during pregnancy hormones can trigger the growth of tumors of this type, which can be called a rather rare - says consultant cardiologist Dawn Adamson, who established the exact location benign teratoma before surgery. - But neither I nor my colleagues have never experienced such monstrous tumors in pregnant women. And when we consulted with other doctors from different countries, we make sure that all will hold the first such operation removal of teratoma in the world. This tumor composed of cells of the embryo in the uterus formed. They were supposed to serve as a basis for the development of the child, but instead turned into a teratoma. "

Pregnancy and Gynecology

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