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Complicated neuro-surgery to correct ‘Pontine Cavernoma’

Manipal: Neuro-surgeons at Kasturba Hospital here have said that a complicated neuro-surgery was performed on a man to correct “Pontine Cavernoma”.

A press release issued by the Kasturba Hospital on Tuesday stated that a taxi driver from Karkala in Udupi district, working in Mumbai, came to the hospital with double vision and difficulty in walking, speaking and eating food.

He had these problems for the last six years but it had become better on its own.

Once again all these started troubling him. On diagnosis, he was found to have “Pontine Cavernoma”, a rare non-cancerous condition.

“Pontine Cavernoma” is rarely found and is caused because of abnormal development of blood vessels.

This type of tumour tends to bleed again and again and was indeed a problem to the man in carrying out his day-to-day activities of life.

The tumour was situated inside the brain stem, a vital centre of the brain, which controls all basic life functioning such as breathing and even the heart.

All these centres are located just millimetres apart and the tumour was situated right between them.

Another bleeding episode could have claimed his life.

As surgery was risky, a number of consultants refused to operate and he finally reached the hospital.

Head of the Department of Neuro Surgery A. Raja and his team decided to proceed with the case.

It was a gruelling eight-hour neuro-surgery and Prof. Raja and his team of neuro-surgeons were able to remove the lesion without causing any damage to the surrounding cells and neurons.

Prof. Raja said that after surgery the patient recovered well and he has no difficulty in breathing or other problems.

He is able to walk, speak and eat, and all these functions are now better than before.

According to Prof. Raja, the patient is completely recovering and he can lead a normal life upon recovery, the release added.

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