The controversial treatment Peron, affectionately known as Evita, received during the final stages of uterine cancer, was kept a state secret and has only been disclosed now, 59 years after her death.
The charismatic first lady, second wife of Argentina's late President Juan Peron, died in July 1952 at the age of 33 at the height of her popularity and after months of illness that left her emaciated and weak.
"We have uncovered evidence that led us to believe she underwent a prefrontal lobotomy to relieve the pain, agitation and anxiety she suffered in the final months of her illness," Daniel Nijensohn, an Argentine-born neurosurgeon and professor at Yale University told the Daily Telegraph.
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