Science student, 21, reveals stomach pain that left her 'crawling on the floor' was dismissed by doctors as a UTI - in fact it was a melon-sized ovarian cancer that grew hair and teeth READ MORE: GPs told 29-year-old she had a UTI. In fact it was ovarian cancer By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 11:14, 4 July 2024 | Updated: 11:16, 4 July 2024 e-mail 4 View comments A student who claims her 'melon-sized' cancerous tumour was dismissed by doctors as a UTI , says it was left so long it grew hair and teeth. Mia Robins was finishing her first year of university when she found herself crawling on her bathroom floor in pain.
The 21-year-old from Liverpool noticed other symptoms including fatigue, weight loss and hair loss. However, the biomedical science student said doctors dismissed these ailments with a number of diagnoses including alopecia, anaemia and a urine infection. But Ms Robbins' health continued to decline and an ultrasound in June 2022 confirmed the student had ovarian cancer .
Mia Robins was finishing her first year of university when she found herself crawling on her bathroom floor in pain the biomedical science student said doctors dismissed these ailments with a number of diagnoses including alopecia, anaemia and a urine infection Ms Robins, who was 19 at the time, underwent emergency surgery to remove the growing tumour which doctors said was the size of a honeydew melon and filled with hair and teeth. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer in.