Davina McCall having surgery for rare brain tumour

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Davina McCall is having surgery to remove a brain tumour, she has revealed.

The TV presenter posted a video on Instagram to say she had been diagnosed with a rare type of benign tumour called a colloid cyst.

A benign tumour is not cancerous, but such cysts tend to grow slowly, according to the Brains Trust charity.

"It needs to come out because if it grows, it would be bad," McCall said, adding: "So say a prayer for me. I am in good spirits."

In her video, she explained: "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 going to ace.

"But it turned out I had a benign brain tumour called a colloid cyst, which is very rare - three in a million.

"And so I slightly put my head in the sand for a while, and then I saw quite a few neurosurgeons. I got lots of opinions, and I realised that I have to get it taken out.

"It's big for the space. It fills the space. It's 14mm wide, and it needs to come out because if it grows, it would be bad. So I'm having it removed via a craniotomy."