A California mother expecting surgery for a massive ovarian tumor instead delivered what doctors are calling a near-impossible medical miracle. Physicians at Cedars-Sinai say the case, involving a full-term baby growing outside the uterus and alongside a 22-pound ovarian cyst, is so rare that many clinicians never witness one in their careers.
According to Cedars-Sinai, Suze Lopez, a 41-year-old emergency room nurse from Bakersfield, had spent years managing a benign ovarian cyst that kept expanding. She had finally scheduled surgery to remove it, until a pre-operative pregnancy test upended everything. After 17 years of praying for a second child, she suddenly learned she was pregnant despite irregular periods and the long-growing mass complicating any clear symptoms.
