In a rare and challenging brain surgery, doctors from Delhi successfully removed an 'egg-shaped' foreign object weighing 200 grams from the brain of 41-year-old Shanti Devi. This is considered to be the largest of its kind ever found in India.

COMMERCIAL BREAK
SCROLL TO CONTINUE READING

Shanti Devi, a resident of Ballabhgarh, came to the hospital with complaints of severe headache and weakness on the right side of her body. Unable to stand or walk without support, she was feeling handicapped.

"The pain was unbearable and I couldn't even stand properly. I had to depend on my family members for even a small help," said Devi.

Doctors advised an MRI of her head and she was diagnosed to be having a large hollow stone like tumour/cyst inside her brain. It had taken the shape of an egg whose external structure was hard and was surrounded by the brain all over.

Dr Kamal Verma, Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Asian Institute of Medical Sciences said, "It was a challenging surgery as we had to remove this egg-shaped cyst completely and in one piece without causing any damage to the brain. It was about 200 gm in weight."

According to experts, the surgery had lot of risks, as the foreign object was on the left side of the frontal brain which controls our speech and activities.

Dr Mukesh Pandey, Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, Asian Institute of Medical Sciences said, "We tested the foreign matter and discovered that it was caused by some parasite. Such parasites in the brain are known to cause soft balloon like cysts in some patients, but this type of hard structure and size has never been reported in medical literature."

The doctors had to be extra careful in removing it as the cyst contained thousands of parasites and toxic fluids.

ONE OF ITS KIND

  • This egg-shaped cyst, whose external structure was hard and was surrounded by the brain all over, was about 200 gm in weight  
  • The surgery had a lot of risks, as the foreign object was on the left side of the frontal brain which controls our speech and activities