Serena Williams undergoes surgery to remove cyst 'the size of a grapefruit'

Serena Williams issued an important health update with a vlog on TikTok as she found a cyst on her neck in May which she initially decided not to remove.

Williams opted to go under the knife though as it continued to grow. She shared the aftermath on TikTok as she decided in the end to get the cyst removed from her neck. She was given the all-clear initially but was eventually advised to remove it.

She gave a voiceover to a video showing her having it removed as she also made it to go doll shopping with daughter Olympia and apart from her recovery can look ahead without worry as she said it grew the size of a grapefruit in the end.

"Back in May I found a lump showing on my neck," she wrote in the caption of her TikTok.

"I immediately went to the doc got a mri and was told I have a brachial cyst. Have you ever heard of that? They said I don’t need to get it removed if I don’t want. So I did not get it but it kept growing."

"I decided to get more test and 3 test and one biopsy later everything is still negative but doctors advised I get it removed asap because it was the size of a small grapefruit and it could get infected or worse leak.

"So this is me removing it. I am feeling so grateful, and fortunate everything worked out, and most of all I’m healthy."

"I still made it to American doll with Olympia as promised. And yes all is ok," she added.

"Yikes it kind of hurt coming out. Obviously I went under for it but they had to put a drain in it because it was so much but everything worked out."