In Lviv, doctors rescued a baby with a congenital tumor

The girl's condition is currently stable

Photo: the first medical association of Lviv

In Lviv, doctors saved the life of a 3-month-old girl from Rivne, whose congenital tumor completely shifted the heart to the right side of the chest.

Little Barbarian stayed a few hours, but thanks to surgery she got a chance for a healthy life, They tell in the first medical association of Lviv.

According to doctors, parents noted that their daughter made unusual sounds when she lay on her stomach. Initially, the doctors suggested that it could be so due to weak pectoral muscles, so they prescribed baby therapeutic exercise.

However, over time, the baby's condition deteriorated: she was breathing only with a tummy, and during the excitement of her sons a nasolabial triangle.

« As it turned out, that crackling was shortness of breath. And she asked those moans all the time for help, but we did not immediately understand it, » – says the girl's mother.

Additional examinations found a congenital lower lung tumor in the child, which significantly affected the heart and lungs.

Congenital tumor shifted the girl's heart

Photo: The first Lviv Medical Association

« At that time, Barbara had already had the second highest degree of respiratory failure. The tumor pressed on the respiratory organs and moved the heart to the right side. That was a crazy, as if a baby was running a marathon: 200 beats per minute for normal at 120-140 for children of her age. – tell in the medical association.

In a serious condition, Barbarian's ambulance was sent to Lviv – to St. Nicholas Children's Hospital.

« If the Rivne doctors did not immediately send her to us, she would not live up in the morning. Barbara came to us in the evening in a very serious condition – she almost did not breathe. And because of this, it was very difficult to have anesthesia anesthesia.

Our surgical team barely pulled this tumor through the incision because it was the size of a whole palm. For such a tiny body it is a lot « – explains Alexander Kalinchuk, medical director of St. Nicholas Hospital of the first medical association of Lviv.

The operation was successful. Doctors removed the tumor together with the affected part of the left lung. After that, the baby's heart returned to the place.

Now Barbara is feeling well, and the only restriction in her future life will be the inability to play professional sports.

Earlier Doctors in Lviv removed The 18-year-old girl has a very rare 6-pound tumor, which enveloped her entire spinal canal and filled most of the abdominal cavity.