Doctors removed a cyst the size of a watermelon from a 20-year-old woman from Yekaterinburg.

      Doctors removed a cyst from a 20-year-old woman from Yekaterinburg that had grown to the size of a small watermelon. This was reported by the press service of the Sverdlovsk Ministry of Health.

      Marina had lived with the pathology for several years. Initially, doctors predicted that the neoplasm would dissolve. In the end, the girl ended up on the operating table.

      — Giant spleen formations are rare, as they usually cause discomfort to the patient at early stages and are easily diagnosed. Here we faced a situation where a small pathology was known for several years and we were waiting for the cavity to dissolve, — noted the agency.

      The cyst was compressing the digestive organs: the girl experienced pain, could not walk or eat. The neoplasm exceeded the size of the spleen by dozens of times.

      — While the cyst was small, I was assured that surgically removing it was risky because one could lose the spleen, — added Marina.

      In the end, the girl decided to undergo surgery. The cyst was removed using a minimally invasive method: four punctures were made in the patient's body, through which the neoplasm was carefully opened, its walls were removed, and the fluid was drained. The doctors managed to preserve the girl's spleen.

      Earlier, we reported how a 14-year-old girl in Yekaterinburg had a wisdom tooth grow in her nose.