WARNING: Contains a graphic image. Doctor Dorin Scladan
said: "Her belly was quite similar to that of a nine-month pregnant
woman"
Devastated: Madalina Neagu thought she was in labour when she suffered severe pain in her abdomen
A woman who thought she was pregnant has been left devastated after her 'baby bump' turned out to be a 11lb tumour.
Heartbroken Madalina Neagu, 42, thought she was in labour when she arrived at hospital with severe pain in her abdomen.
But, after carrying out emergency tests, doctors from Botosani County Hospital in Romania were stunned to find a large tumour inside her uterus.
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Shocked: Surgeons extracting the giant tumour, which they thought was a baby
Dr Dorin Scladan, 47, said: "As the woman told us she was pregnant, we initially expected pregnancy complications.
"In fact, the size of her belly was quite similar to that of a
nine-month pregnant woman, so we didn't have any reason to doubt what
she told us."
Medics carried out complex emergency surgery that lasted several hours to remove the tumour.
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Stunned: Doctor Dorin Scladan said the patient's belly was the size of nine-month pregnant woman
Ms Neagu was then transferred to intensive care.
She is expected to make a full recovery.
Dr Scladan added: "We don't often see a tumour of this size and in
this location. It was a record tumour for the region in the past 15
years."
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