2024-04-12 17:22:50
A 55-year-old mother thought the sound she constantly heard in her right ear was just tinnitus, before she discovered that she had a rare brain tumor.
According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, Denise Wingfield was struggling to sleep because of the “noise” in her ear. When she visited an ear, nose and throat specialist, he told her that she was suffering from tinnitus.
However, following performing an MRI, doctors discovered a tumor in her brain. A month later, Denise underwent a craniotomy while being awake for nine hours.
The source adds that following this procedure, the mother of three children from the English city of Bristol was diagnosed with grade 2 oligodendroglioma, which is a rare brain tumor.
Wingfield then underwent another surgery following craniotomy complications, as well as six weeks of radiotherapy and four rounds of chemotherapy.
Doctors are still monitoring her health condition, even today, following the last examination in January 2024 showed the growth of the tumor.
Denise said: “I had no symptoms except a funny noise in my ear. The sound was there all the time. I might not imagine it was caused by a brain tumor.”
She added: “Given the slow growth of the tumor, my medical team wants to wait for further growth before deciding to implement another treatment plan.”
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