A team of doctors put their talents together to come up with a path to recovery for 40-year-old Sarah Blockinger, but first, they had to pull off a very delicate and difficult surgery.
HCA Florida’s skull base surgeon and rhinologist, Alexander Farag, MD FARS, and oculoplastic surgeon, Walter Smithwick, MD, recently teamed up to save a patient from an extremely rare form of cancer.
Recently, Farag began a routine procedure to repair a blocked tear duct. He quickly realized the raised bump on the side of Sarah’s nose was actually a very rare, cancerous tumor. He quickly stopped the surgery to consult with Dr. Smithwick to find a way to save Sarah’s life.“We halted the surgery as soon as we realized it was most likely cancer,” said Farag. “Because we know that if we had gone ahead with this surgery, the cancer could have spread leading to a 40% decrease in her survival rate.
“So, it was vital that we stage her cancer appropriately, get the imaging needed, have a multidisciplinary discussion with tumor board and develop the best possible plan for Sarah. Which, for this case, included getting Dr. Smithwick involved as part of our team,” said Farag.
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