Re: HELP?! gray/white tissue mass in clots......
From: kristen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Apr 30 21:23:25 2004
can these necrotic fibroids be small. i have them same thing but they
are smaller than baseball size. the bigest one that i had was maybe the
sixe of a golf ball but i thought it was just a clot. so i didnt take
it anywhere.
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kristen helmer
At Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Denise wrote:
>
>Hi, Faith,
>
>I had this happen last spring and it was very confusing. If the tissue
>is gray/white it is not a miscarriage.
>
>I'll save you my long story but I had the same thing happen. It started
>out as spotting and light bleeding, then stopped. After an exam, I
>started passing small pieces of pinkish tissue for a couple of weeks.
>Then, while I was continuing to wait to see my GYN, I had very bad back
>pain, similar to my back labor pains with my first child. Then I passed
>a baseball sized piece of gray/white tissue. I took it in to the
>doctor, for fear they wouldn't believe me. The pathologist and GYN came
>to the conclusion that it was a necrotic fibroid (dead tissue). I never
>before had been diagnosed with fibroids. I had just been examined 9
>months prior for my annual check. This appeared out of nowhere.
>
>I was sent to a GYN oncologist to be sure it was not pre-cancerous. She
>said it was not.
>
>I have since come across a few others who have had the same thing
>happen. In fact, I keep in close contact with one who is still passing
>these fibroids.
>
>You should be sure to see your doctor and have them check your white
>blood cell count. Often with this degeneration there is infection. That
>infection can become dangerous if left untreated.
>
>I had to have a D&C to remove the thick tissue on my uterine walls; also
>for biopsy. Everything came back benign. I do still have a large mass
>in my uterine wall that has to be checked for growth periodically.
>
>I think it may be adenomyosis rather than a large flat fibroid. It
>could be many tiny fibroids covering a large area also.
>
>Feel free to email me (dbwalker@adelphia.net) if you want to talk more;
>or just post here and I'll check back.
>
>Take care,
>Denise
>--endo diagnosed 1987
>At Fri, 30 Apr 2004, faith wrote:
>>
>>can this be anything other than a miscarriage? anything?? I don't think
>>I'm pregnant but I am scared.
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