World’s first: Woman gives birth 5 months after skull tumor removal

The operation lasted around three hours. (Pexels Photo)

By ANSA, Philippine News Agency

ROME – Turin doctors managed to operate on a pregnant woman with rare tumour in the cartilage inside her skull, enabling her to carry the pregnancy to term in a world first, the Città della Salute (Health City) agency said on Sunday.

Doctors at Turin’s Molinette Hospital used a minimally invasive endoscopic technique to remove a chondrosarcoma, which usually affects long bones, that was diagnosed in the 36-year-old patient during the fourth month of pregnancy.

The operation lasted around three hours.

The woman went on to give birth by caesarean section in the 38th week of pregnancy at Turin’s Sant’Anna Hospital, which, like the Molinette, belongs to the Città della Salute.

The mother, who must continue treatment for her cancer, and the baby are now at home.