
Rare spinal cancer tumor removed through patient’s eye at university hospital
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Maryland surgeons perform groundbreaking transorbital surgery to remove spinal tumors through a patient's eye socket, saving a young woman with rare chordoma cancer.
This was the first time surgeons removed a spinal tumor using a "transorbital" approach, according to a UMMC press release. "Learning about the spinal and brain tumors was terrifying, but I am so grateful the doctors were able to remove them." "Learning about the spinal and brain tumors was terrifying, but I am so grateful the doctors were able to remove them." Melissa Rudy is senior health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to melissa.rudy@fox.com.
Karla Flores was just 19 when she was diagnosed with a chordoma, which is a developmental bone tumor, in her spine.

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