Woman grows boob-shaped tumour the size of bowling ball on her back for 10 years

A 46-year-old woman has a massive tumour the size of a bowling ball growing on her back

A woman has grown a tumour the size of a bowling ball on her back for more than 10 years.
The 46-year-old woman arrived at a clinic in Dublin where medical experts examined the 19 x 17cm boob-shaped growth.
Dr Tunde Abdulsalam, who provided the case study for a British Medical report, carried out an MRI scan
over fears it could be cancerous.

The 46-year-old woman arrived at a clinic in Dublin where medical experts examined the 19 x 17cm growth

Doctors in Dublin examined the 19 x 15cm growth and found it was a non-cancerous lipoma

But tests revealed it was in fact a painless lipoma - or a tumour of fatty tissue.
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He explained the benign growth on the right-hand side of her mid-back, which had grown in the last three years, was firm to the touch.

 

The tumour of fatty tissue is painless and much smaller in size than this one

Dr Abdulsalam told MailOnline that it was the "largest he had ever seen" and most lipomas are much smaller at about 1cm in size.
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The report says they tend to occur more frequently in people aged between 40 and 60.

 

Dr Tune Abdulsalam, who provided the case study for the British Medical Journal, said it was the biggest he had ever seen

He added that most patients tend to have them removed sooner for "cosmetic reasons", with liposuction being an option.
The report said the woman was a "heavy-smoker, with a history of chronic obstructive airway disease".
She is now on a waiting list to have the tumour removed, according to reports.

 

The woman was said to be a "heavy smoker" and is now on the list to have it removed