Brain Tumor Removed From Musician While She Plays The Violin During Surgery
As surgeons huddled behind a plastic sheet in a London operating room, their patient’s exposed brain tumor didn’t stop her from doing what she had done since the tender age of 10 – skillfully play her violin. Doctors were working to remove the tumor from Dagmar Turner’s front lobe, and she had insisted that her musical skills needed to be preserved. The King’s College Hospital neurosurgical team was determined to make sure that happened. The Brain Tumor Dilemma Turner’s passion for the violin had begun at an early age. She eventually honed her craft to the point that she...
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