In less than half a year, the cancer has changed from "soya bean" to "fist"!

Uncle Chen, 96, discovered a small lump on his head about the size of a soybean about a year ago.

Whenever the itching was severe, Uncle Chen couldn't help but pick it up with his hands, and the bleeding from the swelling became more obvious.

The examination is highly suspected to be a malignant tumor of the head and face.

However, conservative treatment was useless.

Chen Jiaxiang, the attending doctor and deputy chief physician of the Department of Neurosurgery of Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, said that the old man is not only old, but also suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and other diseases.

After sufficient preoperative examinations and consultations with experts in multiple disciplines such as cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, urology, and anesthesiology, they carried out preoperative preparations such as stable control of blood pressure, blood sugar, heart function, and strengthening of nutrition.

Chen Jiaxiang said that the key to the operation is to completely remove the tumor to explore and protect the trochlear artery, and to suture the flap without tension to minimize bleeding and operation time.

Chen Jiaxiang and Liu Zhiyong jointly performed the radical resection of left frontotemporal scalp basal cell carcinoma, exploration of trochlear artery, trochlear artery flap transfer repair, left thigh skin removal, and head skin grafting.

Chen Bo is about to be discharged from the hospital, happy to take a photo with the medical staff (photo courtesy of the hospital)

It is understood that Chen Bo’s postoperative pathology report suggested that the mass on the head was basal cell carcinoma with some squamous cell carcinoma manifestations.

Basal cell carcinoma is a highly malignant tumor, which is closely related to sunlight.