Health Doctors remove spinal cancer tumor through patient’s eye By Melissa Rudy, Fox News Published May 9, 2025, 11:21 a.m. ET ...

The spinal tumors could have been life-threatening if they had grown to the point where they caused significant brain stem compression, according to Andrea M. Hebert, MD, a UMCC head and neck ...

The tumor was putting pressure on multiple of Flores' cranial nerves, said Dr. Mohamed Labib, a neurosurgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center who led her treatment.

In a first-of-its-kind procedure, clinicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore removed a rare spinal tumor through a patient’s eye socket. The patient, Karla Flores of ...