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Re: Size of cysts?
From: A.W. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Sep 24 17:34:58 2003
My gyn. recommended surgery, for which I have an appt. with the
surgeon in 2 weeks (he is always booked up). Can they only find out if
it is solid during the surgery, or will it show up in a CT scan?
Thanks for responding!
At Tue, 23 Sep 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>A cyst that's 5 cm or larger will usually be removed, especially if it
>doesn't decrease in size after 6 week ultrasound followup. They also
>will probably suggest surgery to remove, if it's a complex cyst that
>size, which doesn't go down. A complex cyst can be a number of things,
>but they get concerned when it's mostly solid. Have you found anything
>else out from your gyn yet?
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>At Mon, 22 Sep 2003, A.W. wrote:
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>>I had an ultrasound recently which detected a mass/cyst of 5 X 3 c.m. I
>>was wondering if this size of a cyst is something to be worried about.
>>The cyst was detected because my general practitioner wanted to check my
>>abdomen because of some problems I was having, and the cysts was kind of
>>found “accidentally”. I have an appt. with my gyno. today. I had a
>>laparoscopy last year for endo and I have been on the pill continuously
>>for a few years now, so I don’t understand why I have a cyst. Should I
>>be worried?
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