Chennai, May 17 -- Doctors at SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre successfully managed a rare and extremely high-risk pregnancy complicated by a hepatic tumour, demonstrating the its expertise in multidisciplinary maternal and foetal care.
The patient, a young pregnant woman in her eight months of pregnancy, was referred to hospital with vague abdominal complaints and a liver-tumour approximately 9 -10 cm detected during pregnancy.
Detailed evaluation by the specialist team revealed a rare and challenging clinical scenario requiring urgent expert intervention, a hospital release said on Sunday.
The presence of a large hepatic tumour carried a significant risk of spontaneous rupture during pregnancy, which could have resulted i...