DAVINA McCall has received an outpouring of support after revealing that she's undergoing brain surgery to remove a 14mm tumour. The TV star, 57, asked fans to "say a prayer for me" after sharing that a health scan had revealed the growth in her brain in a shocking turn of events. 6 Davina McCall, 57, revealed she was undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumour Credit: instagram/davinamccall 6 She TV star said the tumour was very rare but not cancerous Credit: Getty 6 Brain tumours can cause symptoms like feeling sick and vision problems The phrase 'brain tumour' always sparks fears of cancer.
But in some cases, growths in the brain can be benign - meaning they don't contain cancerous cells and grow relatively slowly in the brain. This was the case for Davina, who revealed that she had an extremely rare but non-cancerous tumour. In a social media post, the Masked Singer judge said: "A few months ago, I did a menopause talk for a company and they offered me a health scan in return, which I thought I was gonna ace.
Read more on brain tumours SHOCK Student wrongly told smelling bacon & deja vu were 'just anxiety & drinking too much' RUNNING FOR MY LIFE I could drop dead any MINUTE - but now I'm taking on Hardest Geezer "But it turned out I had a benign brain tumour called a colloid cyst which is very rare. "Three in a million. So I slightly put my head in the sand.
"I saw quite a few neurosurgeons, I got lots of opinions and I realised that I have to get it taken out." A colloid.
