new delhi doctors at a private hospital claim to have successfully removed a large cyst from the brain of a 41yearold woman the cyst 8cm x 8cm in size and weighing around 200gm was found in the portion of the brain which controls speech and limb movement both functions were impaired prior to the surgery but now there is significant improvement said dr mukesh pandey senior neurosurgeon at the faridabadbased asian institute of medical sciences to remove the the cyst he added they opened the skull of the patient we removed the cyst from the left side of the patients brain without breaking or damaging the soft tissues of the vital organ pandey addedthe investigation into the origin of cyst revealed it was formed due to a parasitic infection it happens when the patient comes in direct contact with animals infected by echinococcus a parasite or because of eating unhygienic contaminated food doctors said cysts caused by such an infection are usually soft and relatively small in size this type of hard structure and size was not reported in medical literature earlier said pandey saidanother neurosurgeon dr kamal verma said one way to avoid the parasite was by keeping your surroundings clean ensuring sanitation and clean drinking water shanti devi the patient lives in faridabad her husband is a truck driver in a transportation company after i was told about my wifes condition i thought her survival would be difficult but now i am extremely thankful to the doctors for her successful operation said the patients husband mintlal yadav the couple had received financial support from the hospital as well as the manager of the transportation company yadav has been working in my mother was unable to talk to me or recognise me earlier but after the operation she can see everything clearly said the couples 15yearold sonwatch doctors open skull to remove giant cyst from 41yrold womans brain