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Suggest Treatments For Watermelon Tumor
a very close friend of mine went to see an internest dr today and he says she has fluid in her stomach and mentioned maybe a watermelon tumor as she swells up like and looks like she is pregnant but it is soft and has swelling in her ankles and legs, so what is a watermelon tumor and dangers of it and treatment if this is the case \
Thu, 21 Aug 2014
Hi. The simple test of ultrasonography of the abdomen will confirm whether this is a watermelon tumor, meaning a large Ovarian cyst or any other cyst of the mesentery or a Hydatid cyst. This is further confirmed by a CT scan and surgery undertaken. The swelling on the lower limbs is due to compression on the veins draining the lower limbs causing back pressure and swelling.
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