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Laine Clark

Doctors defuse 'toxic timebomb', remove dangerous cyst

Jarina Bibi (right), with Dr Mehan Siriwardhane, is raising awareness about hydatid disease. (HANDOUT/MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL BRISBANE)

At first Jarina Bibi thought it was indigestion.

The 29-year-old had no idea it was a potentially fatal watermelon-sized parasitic cyst growing on her liver.

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