Serena Williams shares her 'grapefruit-sized' cyst removal on social media: 'Mommy is suffering'

Former women's tennis star Serena Williams showed disconnected the gritty details of a caller country she had that removed a monolithic cyst from her neck. 

Williams, 43, posted a TikTok video connected Wednesday that included footage of her successful a infirmary having the cognition performed connected her cervix and past being bandaged afterward. 

"So this is maine removing it," Williams captioned the video, which showed clips of her successful the infirmary aft surgery. "I americium feeling truthful grateful and fortunate everything worked out, and astir of all, I'm healthy."

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She opened up astir the carnal symptom that the full acquisition caused her.

"It kinda wounded coming out. Obviously I went nether for it but they had to enactment a drain successful it due to the fact that it was truthful much," she said successful the video. "But everything worked out, and I consciousness truly blessed to person worked with immoderate large doctors."

The extremity of the video shows Williams going to an American Girl doll prima with her daughter, Olympia, portion inactive recovering from the surgery.

"Mommy is suffering, but ma has to support showing up," Williams said successful the video, successful which she is seen wearing a bandage.

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Serena Williams is shown during the women's last of the U.S. Open connected Sept. 7, 2019. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports)

Williams said she recovered a lump connected her cervix successful May. She had an MRI exam and was told she didn't request to get it removed if she didn't privation to, truthful she didn't. But past she said "it kept growing," truthful she went backmost for much tests, including a biopsy that was antagonistic for cancer.

Still, her doctors said she should person a procedure.

"They said I don’t request to get it removed if I don’t want," Williams wrote. "So I did not get it but it kept growing. I decided to get much trial and 3 trial and 1 biopsy aboriginal everything is inactive antagonistic but doctors advised I get it removed asap due to the fact that it was the size of a tiny grapefruit and it could get infected oregon worse leak."

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Serena Williams arrives successful Paris earlier the opening ceremonial of the Summer Olympics connected July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Brachial cleft cysts are tiny sacs filled with fluid that look similar lumps nether the tegument connected the broadside of the neck, according to the Cleveland Clinic. They are astir often recovered successful children, but adults tin besides get them. While they are typically noncancerous, doctors usually urge country to region them.

In her tennis career, Williams won 23 Grand Slam titles successful singles and 14 much doubles titles. She was ranked No. 1 successful the WTA rankings for 319 weeks, won 4 Olympic golden medals and was voted Associated Press Athlete of the Year 5 times.

Williams announced her status soon earlier playing successful the 2022 U.S. Open, which was her past tournament.

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