Doctors removed a massive cancerous tumor the size of a young child from a man’s leg.
Mohd Salman, a 27-year-old from India, was diagnosed in 2019 with chondrosarcoma, a slow-growing cancer that forms in connective tissue protecting the bones.
For more than five years, the tumor in his leg grew slowly without pain.
However, within the last six months, Salman’s tumor ballooned in size to 76.5 pounds (34.7 kilograms), measuring four by two feet long – roughly the same weight as an eight-year-old child.
Salman, a former laborer, was robbed of his ability to walk, leaving him bedridden and in excruciating pain.
After a handful of doctors across the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh areas of India failed to help Salman, orthopedic surgeon Dr Mohit Dhingra of AIMS Rishikesh hospital led the charge to remove the massive growth.
On June 9, 2025, Dr Dhingra and his team removed the tumor entirely in a brutal six-hour operation.
Dr Dhingra said: ‘This was one of the most challenging operations we’ve taken on. The sheer weight and complexity of the tumor pushed our team to the edge of medical precision.’
Mohd Salman (pictured here), a 27-year-old former laborer from India, had a 76-pound tumor removed from his leg
The tumor had been growing for six years but particularly ballooned in size over the past six months