When she was seven weeks pregnant with her third child, an ultrasound showed a small cyst on her right ovary — but there was no apparent reason to be concerned initially.

She underwent surgery on March 27 to remove the mass, which was later measured at 40 centimeters (15.7 inches), her right ovary and fallopian tube, which had been damaged by the weight of the cyst.

By the time the cyst was removed, it had grown larger than 27cm (10.6 inches) - around the size of a football. "They had to remove my ovary as well because the cysts had grown inside of it," she said.

Ovarian Cyst. A 17-year-old ... She was taken to the operating room and underwent laparoscopic right ovarian detorsion and cystectomy. ... but an ultrasound showed a 4-cm intramural fibroid.

The best way to evaluate for an ovarian cyst is usually an ultrasound of the pelvis." Dr. Staci Tanouye , a board-certified ob-gyn, agrees, saying that most ovarian cysts don't cause symptoms.

“Some cysts, when they become big, can fall behind the uterus, and in that case are sitting right by your cervix,” says Dr Chapman-Davis. “So you might feel pain with deep penetration.” Endometriomas ...

According to the Mirror, she said at the time: "I have a cyst on my ovary the size of an apple. I don't have endometriosis or PCOS but I have gotten an ovarian cyst a few times and it's never fun ...