Bhubaneswar: A team of doctors at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) here successfully treated a girl suffering from hepatoblastoma, a rare liver tumour that had spread to her lungs.

KIMS has thus become one of the few hospitals in India and the first in Odisha to carry out the complex Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) procedure on such a young child, a hospital release said. ADVERTISEMENT

It was one of the most challenging multidisciplinary procedures undertaken at KIMS as it involved the coordinated efforts of 15 doctors across seven departments.

The girl, aged 2 years and 7 months, has completely recovered and started playing with friends in the hospital corridors, KIMS said.

The little girl was brought to KIMS with acute abdominal pain, swelling and loss of appe

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