"There Was No Sign": The Monstrous Growth Removed from the Chest of a 7-Year-Old Boy at Rambam
A routine check following a seemingly innocent lump in a child's chest revealed an incidental finding — and saved his life. A multidisciplinary team of experts at Rambam performed, for the first time in a…
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A routine check on a 7-year-old boy's chest lump revealed a massive tumor with no prior warning signs. Rambam Hospital's multidisciplinary team performed a first-of-its-kind robotic minimally invasive surgery on a child this age. The boy was discharged in under two days. The case highlights how incidental findings can be life saving, and how pediatric robotic surgery is advancing in Israel.