In Lviv, doctors removed 3 tumors on a girl's leg at once

Surgeons at St. Nicholas Children's Hospital in Lviv have successfully operated on a 17-year-old patient suffering from a hereditary disease called Recklinghausen's disease. The doctors managed to remove three tumors from her leg.

Writes to UNN with a reference to the Lviv City Council.

Angelina Malysheva, a girl from Vinnytsia, has been fighting Recklinghausen's disease, or neurofibromatosis type I, since the age of four, when she was first diagnosed with it.

This is a severe hereditary disease that usually manifests itself from an early age with "coffee spots" on the skin and leads to the development of numerous tumors on the skin, bones and nervous system, which can eventually become malignant.

At the age of eight, Angelina had several tumors removed from her left leg, including a 15 cm long tumor. Recently, the girl felt pain in the same leg again, accompanied by a loss of sensation in the lower part of the limb, which made it difficult to walk.

The family turned for help to the specialists at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lviv, where oncohematologists found three new tumors. To ensure painless and safe surgery, Angelina underwent a blockade of the femoral and sciatic nerves using the Stimuplex device, which allows visualization of blood vessels. The tumors were removed using a minimally invasive method through three punctures, and the operation was successful.

After the surgery, Angelina was able to walk around the center of Lviv with her mother.

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