Metro India News | Hyderabad 

A two-year-old boy was diagnosed with an advanced stage of Neuroblastoma, a rare form of Cancer that affects only about eight in one million children. His parents, having exhausted options at several hospitals, brought him to KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad, where a team led by Dr. Madhu Devarasetty, Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist, successfully performed a complex surgery and saved the child’s life.

Hailing from Lallaguda in Hyderabad, Rakshith was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Neuroblastoma, a cancer that originates in immature nerve tissue and typically affects children under the age of five. In most cases, it begins in the adrenal glands (above the kidneys) but can also start in the nerve tissues of the neck, chest, or pelvis. In Rakshith’s case, the tumor was involving the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) a major vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart and was also encasing his right kidney, making surgery highly complex.

‘Initially, we tried chemotherapy, but the tumor showed suboptimal response. Surgery became inevitable. We were concerned that the kidney might need to be removed, but thanks to the collective expertise and efforts of our medical team, we managed to remove the tumor without affecting the kidney,’ said Dr. Madhu.

We resected the part of the blood vessels IVC and reconstructed it. The boy recovered swiftly and shifted to room the next day. Rakshith's parents expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the doctors, nurses, staff, and management at KIMS Hospital.