Six months ago, Champa Lal developed stomach pain that he presumed to be a case of acidity. The Bikaner resident tried antacids and home remedies, but his stomach kept bloating and there came a point when he started to look like a pregnant woman.
The 62-year-old then approached Sir Ganga Ram hospital (SGRH) in New Delhi where doctors operated on him recently to find a large tumour — nearly the weight of four newborns — inside his stomach.
In Lal’s case, CT scan showed that the tumour had grown so big that it occupied 80% of space in the stomach. The other organs were displaced.
“The tumour was a differential liposarcoma — a rare type of cancer that begins in the fat cells. If it wasn’t removed intact, and in time, the patient would not have lived for long,”
When Lal developed the symptoms of tumour inside his stomach, which he then felt were caused by acidity, he always felt bloated and was not able to eat.
Read more of this feat in a report published in The Times of India
