In suffering that affected his physical and psychological health, a 15-year-old Indian man lived suffering from a tumor in his skull that made it appear as if he had two heads on one body.
The patient told doctors that he first noticed a small lump on his head when he was 24 years old, and over the years, it grew in size and became approximately the size of his head and measured 20 cm by 15 cm.
According to doctors, most of these tumors are benign, but some of them can be cancerous and may lead to breathing problems. Scientists are still not sure of the causes of this condition, but according to research, DNA mutations can form the tumor, according to the “news9live” website.
Surgery is also said to be an effective way to treat benign tumors, but doctors may choose not to do it if it does not cause any discomfort. But in the case of the Indian patient, the tumor was so large that it started damaging the outer part of the skull and soon reached the inner bone as well. .
Thus, the pressure of the mass could destroy up to 4 cm of bone at the base of the skull. This was a challenge for the surgeons, as nearby blood vessels in the brain were at risk, and doctors said that one wrong move could be fatal to the patient.
However, the doctors succeeded in removing the tumor and sewing the head back together, and the patient recovered completely, after years in which he suffered severe neck pain, difficulty sleeping, and numbness in the extremities, which made him have difficulty walking, in addition to feeling depressed and anxious, according to media outlets. Local.
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