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Why are doctors blaming my birth for my mother’s tumour?

25 May 2024

9:00 AM

25 May 2024

9:00 AM

A curious letter has been sent to my mother blaming the tumour in her neck on my birth.

An NHS consultant has come to this conclusion after briefly looking into this very rare neoplasm on her left bulbar nerve, called a hypoglossal schwannoma. It was discovered during a routine head scan monitoring her dementia, which started suddenly last year.

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