Indian Surgeons Remove ‘Heaviest Recorded’ Brain Tumor

Santlal Pal before undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumour weighing nearly two kilos at Nair hospital in Mumbai Department of Neurosurgery Topiwala National Medical College, Nair Hospital/AFP /

Indian surgeons who removed a massive brain tumour in a marathon seven-hour procedure said Thursday it could be the heaviest ever recorded.

Santlal Pal, a 31-year-old shopkeeper, had been carrying around a tumour weighing nearly two kilos before the surgery on February 14.