Three-year-old girl diagnosed with rare tumour after doctors dismissed lump on her toe as a wart and told her parents 'it's nothing to worry about'

Three-year-old girl diagnosed with rare tumour after doctors dismissed lump on her toe as a wart and told her parents 'it's nothing to worry about' READ MORE: Which life-saving cancer test spotted Lauren Laverne's cancer? By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 15:11, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 15:21, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments A Gwynedd toddler was fobbed off by doctors who told her a giant tumour on her foot was a 'wart' for two years. Nansi Alys visited the GP in May 2021 when she was just three-years-old, after a small lump on her toe was spotted by her mother. Despite the growth continuing to expand, a series of doctors told the girl's mother, Leila Evans, that the mass was 'nothing to worry about ' —dismissing it as a wart, and then a cyst.

It wasn't until the summer of 2023, when Nansi underwent surgery to remove the lump, that surgeons realised the true threat to the little girl's health. Nansi Alys was taken to the doctor when she was just three-years-old after her mum Leila Evans noticed a small lump on her toe, in May 2021 Doctors told Ms Evans that the lump was a wart, but in the months following, the lump continued to grow After tests were carried out, Nansi was diagnosed with a rare type of tumour that affects around five in a million people. Ms Evans said: 'We went back and forth [to the doctors] and they said they thought it was a wart and there was nothing to worry about.

'In June 2022, we were seen by another doctor who said that it looked l.