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Serena Williams Details Health Scare With Benign Cyst

She assured her fans that she is healthy now.

Madison Williams

Serena Williams takes photos at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Serena Williams takes photos at the 2024 Paris Olympics. / James Lang-Imagn Images

Serena Williams posted a TikTok on Tuesday detailing a recent health scare she had that started with a lump found on her neck.

Doctors told Williams it was a "brachial cyst" and didn't need to be removed. However, the cyst kept growing, so Williams underwent three more tests and a biopsy. The cyst is benign, but she still decided to have it removed so it wouldn't get infected or leak.

The TikTok shows the tennis legend getting the cyst removed, along with the caption providing more details of what happened. She assured her fans she is doing well now.

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

Williams retired from her extraordinary tennis career after the 2022 U.S. Open. Her 23 major titles are the most won by a women's tennis player in the Open Era.

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MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.

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