Tennis star Serena Williams shared in a TikTok posted on Tuesday that she had a cyst removed from her neck—one the size of a "small grapefruit." “One day, back in May actually, I found this ...

The procedure came after the mom of two first noticed a lump on her neck back in May of this year. After visiting a doctor, she underwent a MRI, which confirmed the presence of a branchial cyst ...

Serena Williams, 43, revealed to her TikTok family that she had a branchial cyst (fluid-filled sacs that appear on the side of your neck), which are the size of a small grapefruit, removed from ...

Williams added that the cyst was found in May and showed video of herself in a hospital bed. "They said I don’t need to get it removed if I don’t want," Williams wrote.

Serena was diagnosed with a branchial cyst. “Back in May, I found a lump showing on my neck,” she shared in the caption of an October 15 TikTok that showed her in a hospital bed.

When the cyst grew to be the size of a grapefruit, Williams said she was advised by her doctors to have it removed to prevent it from leaking or becoming infected.

Dr. Pimple Popper examines one of Juan's cysts. TLC To start, Lee went after the largest cyst, which was the size of a grapefruit, on the back of Juan's neck. She numbed the area and then cut it ...

As the cyst “kept growing,” Williams opted for further testing and a biopsy that came back with negative results. Doctors advised her to get the mass removed to avoid the risk of infection or ...