Surgery to remove tumor covering the whole face of 4-year-old boy

According to information from the hospital, the baby with HFMD˳ (residing in Muong Te district, Lai Chau province) was born healthy and developed normally˳ By the age of 3, D˳ There was a tumor in the left eye˳

April 2021, D˳ was surgically biopsied at the National Children’s Hospital, the results of the pathology diagnosed D˳ fetal rhabdomyosarcoma˳ After that, she received adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy at Hue Central Hospital and continued treatment at the National Children’s Hospital˳

However, in the last 2 months, the tumor recurred, grew more and more, rapidly increased in size, pushed the left eye out, and the tumor developed strongly outside the orbit˳ The tumor occupies nearly half of the boy’s left face, making him always panic, afraid, in pain˳

D family˳ I went to many hospitals but none of them accepted the surgery˳ “There was a time when my wife and I desperately thought about accepting the baby back, but seeing the child in such pain do not know how long it will last, but the family’s wish that the child has the tumor removed is satisfied,” the father said˳ choked to share˳

After that, the family brought D˳ visited K Hospital˳ Dr˳ Nguyen Duc Lien, head of the hospital’s neurosurgery department, said that this was a difficult case because the tumor was too big, protruding one eye out˳

“There is a risk of bleeding during surgery and can endanger the baby’s life˳ If it is not completely removed, the disease will recur in the future˳ Besides, it is also necessary to consider the option to transfer the skin flap˳ The neurosurgeon doctors consulted the whole hospital to come up with the most optimal treatment plan for the baby, “Dr Lien informed˳

On March 7, doctors performed surgery to remove a large tumor with a diameter of 15cm˳ The doctors cut off all the remaining branches of blood vessels into the malformation, completely removing the malformation to ensure that it does not recur and cover the defect area for the patient˳

“The successful operation helped the baby get rid of the guilt and the risk of the tumor bursting and bleeding, threatening his life˳ After 12 hours of surgery, the baby D˳ was awake, his right eye vision was still good˳ Currently continuing was monitored for the wound and treated with chemotherapy,” said Doctor Lien˳

9-year-old boy is blind in his left eye because of late treatment for orbital tumor

TTO – LMQ (9 years old, Thai ethnicity, residing in Son La province) had an orbital tumor since childhood, the tumor gradually grew to cover the entire left eye, causing protrusion˳ Recently, the boy had a successful surgery, but due to late treatment, Q˳’s eyes could not be preserved˳