Davina McCall has shared that she is undergoing surgery to remove a rare kind of brain tumour. The Big Brother and Masked Singer presenter said she is having the operation after a brain scan revealed the 14mm growth. Sharing the news in an Instagram post, the TV presenter revealed she has a colloid cyst – a “very rare” benign tumour that affects only three in a million people.
“A few months ago I did a menopause talk for a company and they offered me a health scan in return,” she explains, “which I thought I was going to ace, but it turned out I had a benign brain tumour called a colloid cyst, which is very rare.” “I realised that I have to get it taken out,” she said. “It’s big for the space – it fills the space.
It’s 14mm wide. And it needs to come out because if it grows it would be bad.” Colloid cysts are small fluid-filled sacs located around the middle of the brain.
They can become dangerous if left untreated, and treatment is not straightforward. Colloid cysts are most effectively removed through a craniotomy, where part of the skull is removed to access the brain. It is a rare kind of brain tumour but one which is fortunately benign, meaning non-cancerous , carrying a mortality rate of 1.
2 per cent. News of Ms McCall’s diagnosis has left many wondering what the difference is between certain types of tumours. Here’s everything you need to know: Benign tumours are non cancerous and the majority are not harmful.
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