Magan Sakariya
Rajkot: In a major surgery, the surgeons of Rajkot Civil Hospital removed a thyroid tumour from the throat of a 70-year-old patient.
The tumour found in the throat of Magan Sakariya weighed 1.5 kg. “Initially, Sakariya had difficulty in eating. Later, he started having difficulties in breathing as well,” said Dr Rajesh Makadia of the Rajkot Civil Hospital.
“This type of tumour is rare in a patient. Usually such a tumour is developed in the middle of the throat. However, in case of Sakariya, the tumour was located between the windpipe and the food pipe,” said Dr Sejal Mistry, surgeon of ENT department of the Rajkot Civil Hospital.