An ultrasound discovered she had a dermoid cyst the size of an orange growing on her right ovary. Calle refers to it as her "little monster", as it is a type of teratoma tumor (teratoma is Greek ...

A dermoid cyst, or teratoma, is an abnormal growth that contains skin, hair follicles and sebaceous glands which had derived from residual embryonic cells. "I'm grateful that I didn't get a ...