Vinh City General Hospital successfully performed surgery on a patient with an ovarian cyst weighing nearly 6kg.

A few years ago, Ms. Nguyen Thi T. went to the doctor and discovered an ovarian cyst. After many follow-up examinations, the cyst did not increase in size and she herself did not feel anything unusual, so she subjectively did not go to the doctor and get treatment.

Recently, Ms. T. noticed that her abdomen was getting bigger, but because the Covid-19 epidemic was too complicated, she still hesitated to go for a check-up. For the past two months, Ms. T. felt her abdomen grow rapidly with a feeling of abdominal pain and discomfort, so she went to Vinh City General Hospital - Nghe An. Through clinical and paraclinical examination, the doctors said that she had a large ovarian tumor that occupied almost the entire abdomen, equivalent to a uterus with an 8-9 month pregnancy, so she had to be hospitalized and surgery was indicated. Because the tumor was large, its size increased rapidly, and the ovarian cancer marker increased; MRI scans showed that the tumor was solid, had buds, and absorbed the contrast agent, so it could not be ruled out that this was an ovarian tumor with the potential to be malignant.

The team of doctors from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in collaboration with the Department of General Surgery successfully performed surgery on a patient with a large ovarian cyst. Photo: PV

Dr. Nguyen Thi Nga, Deputy Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, said: "The prognosis for the surgery will be very difficult due to the large size of the tumor and its potential for malignancy, so the surgical team consulted very carefully to come up with the most optimal surgical options for the patient."

The patient underwent successful surgery, removing the entire tumor and performing a biopsy to determine the nature of the tumor. Photo: PV

The surgical team includes Dr. Bui Danh Anh - Deputy Head of General Surgery Department, Dr. Nguyen Thi Nga - Deputy Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Dr. Nguyen Thi Lieu - Deputy Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department.
The anesthetist and the team performed surgery to remove the entire tumor and performed an immediate biopsy to determine the nature of the tumor. After that, the doctors continued to perform bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection, complete hysterectomy, and two adnexa on the patient.

After 3 hours of surgery, the surgery was successful. After surgery, the patient's health was stable and continued to be monitored and treated post-operatively at the Obstetrics Department.

Patient T's ovarian cyst is large, weighing nearly 6 kg. Photo: PV

In women, ovarian cysts are common tumors and can occur at any age from the fetal period to menopause. The tumor is often asymptomatic and develops silently, but can cause some complications such as: rupture, torsion, infertility... especially can lead to ovarian cancer. Cancer cells can metastasize to neighboring organs and many other parts of the body, endangering the patient's life.

Therefore, people should have regular health check-ups at least once every 6 months or immediately when they have symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, feeling an abnormal mass in the abdomen, etc.; do not wait too long as it will cause many difficulties in treatment and seriously affect your health./.