When doctors told Maddie Beavis she had a blood clot, a curious intern insisted on doing an ultrasound. It showed she had something far more sinister growing in her leg.
Key points:She is in remission after being treated for a rare, aggressive, soft-tissue cancerWarning: Readers are advised there is a graphic image in this story.
With no family history of cancer, it was the last thing on Ms Beavis's mind when she noticed a lump on her leg a few weeks earlier. But a curious intern insisted on doing an ultrasound for practice, and it was then that Ms Beavis was told "it's definitely not a blood clot".
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