Bangalore: An eight-year-old African girl from Nigeria got a new life after she was cured of a brain tumour at Narayana multi-specialty hospital in this tech hub. Though Angel (name changed) underwent surgery in 2011 at the hospital’s Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre when she was six years old, doctors diagnosed her of being relieved of the dreaded brainstem tumour (glioma) after monitoring her progress for two years. “The complicated surgery has set a benchmark in pediatric oncology,” the hospital’s radiation oncologist, Sandeep Jain, who treated Angel, said.
Brainstem is a part of brain connected to spinal cord and is located in the lowest part of brain, just above the back of neck. It controls breathing, heart rate, nerves and muscles used in seeing, hearing, walking, talking, and eating. A brainstem glioma is a cancerous tumour in the vital organ.
Angel was suffering from the complicated brainstem tumour (glioma), which was pressing over critical areas. As a result, she had loss of balance and had trouble walking. “The fatal disease had left her nearly paralysed before her parents consulted us for radiotherapy treatment two years ago,” Jain said.IANS
