A 12-year-old girl had a teratoma in her uterus since birth and underwent surgery to remove the tumour, which weighed 3.6 kilos.
- A little girl underwent emergency surgery because she had a teratoma in her uterus.
- It is a tumor that fills with different muscle, bone and hair tissues.
- The tumor had been growing for several years and when doctors discovered it, it weighed 3.6 kilos.
Abdominal pain and a swollen belly… These are the symptoms suffered by a 12-year-old girl. The pain was so severe that Ruby-Mae ended up being taken to hospital Cabarete Medical Centerin the Dominican Republic.
Teratoma: A tumor filled with different tissues in a child’s uterus
“It was so scary when I rushed her to the hospital,” explained his mother, Sarah Davis, to the media The Sun. Her belly was so swollen, that Sarah Davis even thought her daughter might be pregnant.I knew she wasn’t sexually active yet, but it still crossed my mind, she confesses. When I looked at her swollen belly in the hospital, I said, ‘Is there something you want to tell me?”
The reality was quite different. Quickly, after an analysis, the doctors discovered the presence of a teratoma in the little girl’s uterus. This is a tumor that develops in the germ cells of men (sperm) or women (eggs, ovaries and sometimes the uterus).
According to the media The Sunthese tumors are usually detected at birth, but this had not been the case for Ruby-Mae. Results: As is often the case with teratomas, the tumor had filled with different tissues. In fact, the Doctors found hair, but also teeth and bones in the young patient’s teratoma.
A non-cancerous tumor that weighed 3.6 kilos
Over the years, the accumulation became significant… When doctors discovered the tumor, it weighed 3.6 kilos.I couldn’t believe she had a tumor all those years, confides mother Ruby-Mae. We had absolutely no idea or sign of it.”
Immediately, the little girl underwent surgery to remove her tumor, which was then analyzed. It was not cancerous, but its size could have been very dangerous for the little girl, because it was pressing on her appendix which could have exploded.
Today Ruby-Mae is doing well. But her mother wants to raise awareness among other parents so that they are alerted to their children’s symptoms. “We saved his appendix, but we got there just in time,” his mother concluded. “I guess it’s always important to listen to your kids and trust your instincts when something doesn’t feel right.”
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