A woman was left needing a life-saving operation after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour - first deemed as a 'pulled muscle' - went wrong.
Catherine Kilgallen, aged 64, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in June 2021, which left her carrying a two-stone mass in her tummy.
The cancer known as retroperitoneal retro sarcoma, a rare cancerous tumour that develops in the abdomen, had originally been misdiagnosed by Catherine's, from Rotherham, GP as a pulled muscle.
However after treating the "bump", which had left Catherine looking "obese" and noticing that it was not improving, Catherine insisted that her doctor send her for tests.Yorkshire Live reports that she said: "One day I did have a very big tummy and was told I'd need to lose
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