900g Tumor Removed Near 2.7kg Newborn's Rectum, Vagina

Doctors in the Indian state of West Bengal were able to remove a tumor weighing nearly two pounds from a newborn girl earlier this month, according to reports.

The 900-gram (1.98-pound) mass of tissue was found adherent to baby Reshma Bibi's rectum and vagina after she was born last Dec. 20, the Times of India reported.

A medical team at the NRS Medical College and Hospital in the city of Kolkata that included three pediatric surgeons, two anesthetists and a plastic surgeon removed the tumor from the 2.7-kilogram (5.95-pound) baby on Jan. 13.

Bibi, who hails from the town of Kakdwip, weighed 1.9 kilograms (4.19 pounds) following the operation, but her weight has gone up to 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) ever since.

She is now reportedly feeding well but will have to stay in the hospital for a few more days since she still needs proper dressing.

The medical team, comprising doctors Kalyani Saha Basu, Samantak Basu, Debolina Karmakar, Jayanta Saha, and anesthetists Mousumi Khanra and Jayanta Chakraborty, wants to ensure the proper healing of Bibi's affected area before she is sent home.

In a similar story from late last year, a team of doctors in Slovakia managed to remove a neck tumor from a baby during the child's birth.

The procedure was performed at the University Hospital in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava last Oct. 19.

Doctors were reportedly concerned that the tumor, found before the child was born, was pressing on the child's neck.

This could have resulted in the baby developing a swallowing disorder or suffering suffocation.

"With a compressed breathing tube, there is a risk that the baby would not be able to breathe after birth. Ten minutes without breathing can have fatal consequences for a newborn," the institution said in a statement on social media.

The child was delivered via a Caesarean section without having their umbilical cord cut to avoid a risk of suffocation.

He stabilized following the surgery and was transferred to an intensive care unit for further procedures.