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Cards Linebacker Has Tumor Removed
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Bob Baum of the Associated Press reports a benign, baseball-size tumor has been removed from the chest of Arizona Cardinals defensive end Kenny Iwebema.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt says the surgery was performed on Monday. The tumor was discovered during routine X-rays on April 30, the day before the start of minicamp.
Iwebema showed no symptoms and that the condition could have been life-threatening had it gone undetected, Whisenhunt said after the team’s voluntary workout on Wednesday.
“Because it didn’t show up the year before, it appeared to be something that had grown very rapidly,” Whisenhunt said.
Iwebema, a fourth-round draft pick out of Iowa in 2008, can begin some rehabilitation work in two to three weeks but isn’t expected to resume football activity for six to eight weeks.
Doctors were able to use a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure to remove the tumor through Iwebema’s side.
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