DHAKA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Surgeons in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka Tuesday successfully removed a 95-pound (about 43 kg) "unusual" tumor lodged in the abdomen of a 35-year-old man, local newspaper reported.

    After hours of efforts, a team of surgeons at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) removed the tumor from the abdomen of Abdur Rahim, a rickshaw puller from northwestern Rangpur district, leading English newspaper The Independent said Wednesday.

    "It's an abnormal mass and very unusual. Apparently we can call it benign," Professor Omar Ali of the surgery ward said, adding that it may be lipoma.

    The giant tumor -- the size of four watermelons -- aroused fromthe pelvic part of the body and lodged in the upper abdomen, shrinking other organs.

    Doctors said the tumor had been growing for at least four years with huge blood vessels attached.

    Because of the huge bulk into the abdomen, Rahim was compelled to walk on stick bending backward before the operation. "At the last stage, he even suffered from breathlessness," said Omar.