AIIMS surgeons remove world’s largest kidney tumour

Doctors at the All <g data-gr-id="14">India India</g> Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) here said on Wednesday they had removed a kidney tumour weighing 5.018 kilograms, claimed to be the world’s biggest, from a 66-year-old patient.

A native of Bihar’s Darbhanga, KL Das, has been living here for the last 25 years initially underwent tests in January at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where a huge mass on the right side of his abdomen was detected. He further consulted doctors at AIIMS.

Tests at AIIMS revealed a huge tumour on the right side of Das’ kidney and it had led to the organ bloating up to 35 times its normal size. The tests also revealed that several tumours had developed in Das’ lungs.