A resident of the English city of Southampton, Hampshire, noticed a malignant tumor in time thanks to an ultrasound scan at an early stage of pregnancy. This is reported by the Daily Mirror.
Yasmin Randall, 29, underwent an ultrasound scan in her eighth week of pregnancy. The specialist confirmed that the fetus is developing normally, but found a neoplasm in the woman's bladder. If not for the ultrasound, the tumor could have gone unnoticed.
Doctors warned Randall that having surgery during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage. However, it was also impossible to hesitate, since the growing tumor could cause internal bleeding. In this case, the lives of both the child and the mother would be at risk.
In the 19th week of pregnancy, Randall was operated on. By that time, the tumor had grown by another centimeter. To reduce the risk to the fetus, it was removed under spinal anesthesia commonly used for caesarean sections. Because of this, the woman remained conscious during the operation.
The pregnancy continued without complications, and Randall had a daughter four months later. “This is a miracle child,” she says. - It's amazing that she survived the operation while she was still in the stomach. Moreover, she saved my life."