Serena Williams has cyst removed from her neck as tennis legend, 43, shares update from hospital bed

Tennis legend Serena Williams has revealed that she had a benign branchial cyst ‘the size of a small grapefruit’ recently removed from her neck.

The 43-year-old insisted ‘all is OK’ as she shared the update from a hospital bed.

Williams revealed the procedure in a social media video, saying she found a lump on her neck back in May and was told at the resulting MRI exam that she did not need to get it removed if she did not want to.

Back in May I found a lump showing on my neck. I immediately went to the doc got a MRI and was told I have a brachial cyst. Have you ever heard of that?’ Williams said in the video.

‘They said I don’t need to get it removed if I don’t want. So I did not get it (removed) but it kept growing. I decided to get more tests, and three tests and one biopsy later everything is still negative but doctors advised I get it removed ASAP because it was the size of a small grapefruit and it could get infected, or worse leak.