India, Oct. 21 -- Mysuru, Oct. 21- For months, 52-year-old Veerappa (name changed) had been living with unexplained weight loss and fatigue. He was already living with hypertension and chronic lung disease. Although these new symptoms added to his concerns, he had not expected the symptoms were due to a life-threatening massive kidney tumour, which was diagnosed at Manipal Hospital in Mysuru.

Diagnosis and treatment

Veerappa consulted Dr. Kiran Kumar, Visiting Consultant - Urology, at Manipal Hospital and was recommended CT and MRI scans. The scans revealed a giant 20x16cm cancerous tumour (renal cell carcinoma) in his right kidney, weighing nearly 2 kilograms.

The tumour had extended into the inferior vena cava (IVC) - the body's main...