Saturday, 30 June 2018

A woman had a 50-pound growth removed from her ovary — after doctors reportedly told her to lose weight

Woman with Stomach acheSarah Schmalbruch/INSIDER

  • Alabama resident Kayla Rahn had surgery to remove a 50-pound mass from her ovary, NBC affiliate WSFA reported on Wednesday.
  • Rahn told INSIDER that last year she started to experience unexplained weight gain and pain. Some medical professionals told her the solution was weight loss.
  • Last month, at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama, she got a diagnosis: a benign ovarian mass known as a mucinous cystadenoma.
  • INSIDER also spoke with Dr. Gregory Jones, a doctor who helped remove the mass. He said its size was "quite irregular."
  • Rahn and Jones both stressed that patients should never stop advocating for themselves in the doctor's office. 
  • Warning: This post contains graphic images of the mass. 

 

A 30-year-old woman in Alabama spent months plagued by weight gain she couldn't explain. It wasn't until this May that doctors finally discovered the cause: a 50-pound growth on her ovary.

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