India, Aug. 12 -- A fibroid uterus weighing 18.5 kg -- roughly the weight of five newborns -- was removed from a 56-year-old woman at a Delhi hospital, in what doctors described as among the largest such surgeries reported globally in recent years.

Fibroids are benign growths in the uterus, often undetected in early stages but capable of growing large enough to cause severe discomfort.

Doctors at BLK Max Super Speciality Hospital said the patient had been living with multiple fibroids for nearly six years. One had expanded her abdomen to an enormous size, restricting mobility and putting pressure on surrounding organs.

"This patient had a massive tumour in her uterus. It was more complex and larger than we anticipated from pre-surgical...