Surgeons removed a tumor that was threatening a man's vision
A UAMS team removed a benign pituitary tumor through Ray Rowland's nose. Rowland, 68, woke up seeing better and hopes to return to fishing.
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A team at UAMS in Little Rock removed a benign pituitary tumor that was threatening Ray Rowland's vision, KATV reported. Surgeons took the tumor out through his nose. Rowland, 68, woke up seeing better, and he hopes to return to fishing. The tumor was benign, meaning it was not described as cancer. What the report says about his sight is that he woke up seeing better. It does not give a measured recovery beyond that, and the fishing is a hope he stated, not a trip already taken.
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