Brazilian tourist receives emergency surgery in Cusco Peru, large tumor removed

Posted on June 28, 2012 • Filed under: Latin America, Tourist Stories

Medical Cusco Regional Hospital removed a tumor of more than six kilos that had formed in the spleen of a Brazilian tourist, who arrived in the Imperial City to see the enactment of the Inti Raymi, sources of hospital. Brazilian Tourist operated in the Cusco Regional Hospital is stable and improving. Brazilian Tourist operated in the Cusco Regional Hospital is stable and improving.
The tumor, approximately 35 by 25 centimeters, had committed the liver tissues of Marcus Joao Moreira Da Silva (46), but was removed in a delicate surgery took about three hours.
No sooner got off the plane, tourists presented carioca discomfort such as dizziness, vomiting, lightheadedness, abdominal pain, among others. Given its critical state, unresponsive to altitude sickness or mountain sickness, went to a private clinic, where they determined his diagnosis, and after three days was admitted to emergency in the Cusco Regional Hospital. Read Article

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