Woman with a rare tumour undergoes successful surgery at Chennai hospital

A press release from Kauvery Hospital said the 56-year-old from Salem, was diagnosed with a tumour in the inferior vena cava, the largest vein in the body that passes through the liver

Doctors at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai have successfully operated on a 56-year-old woman to remove a rare kind of tumour from a major blood vessel closely associated with the liver. A statement by the hospital said that the woman, from Salem, was diagnosed with a tumour in the inferior vena cava, the largest vein in the body that passes through the liver.