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Re: Missing Ovary?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed May 31 02:17:51 2006
I have one ovary too! Mine is a birth defect though.
At Fri, 26 May 2006, Karen wrote:
>
>Hey Elise...can you believe it??? I have a missing left ovary too!!! I
>just found out today! And guess what? I had a hysterectomy 18 years ago,
>but ovaries were left intact! Now how does this happen exactly? There's
>no uterus for my ovary to hide behind. Where, oh where, could my ovary
>be...why did it leave the right all alone...? Needless to say, I'm
>freaking out. Years ago, I had some abdominal pain. I had an
>ultrasound done and they couldn't find the ovary then either. Then,
>another ultrasound was done, and it was discovered, but it was only 2/3
>of the expected size and there was some suspicion that it had been
>chopped into when they did my hysterectomy. And get this, now years
>later, following the onset of many strange symptoms, I had an abdominal
>CT (finding: 2 cystic-appearing areas on right ovary), followed by a
>pelvic and transvaginal ultrasound. A transvaginal ultrasound and still
>no ovary? That tech looked and looked and looked for my left and could
>not find it! And it hurt like the devil the longer she was at it. She
>finally gave up. Well, my results came back and now my two cysts on the
>right ovary have either disappeared, or have become something else.
>Report notes they can't be seen, but now there's a complex echogenic
>mass. Lovely. And it further states: No visualized left ovary. So I
>ask: did you ever find out what happened to your ovary? Can these things
>shrivel up and die? My lower abdominal pain is primarily on my left
>side, sometimes on the right but my left is the worse. You think the
>region is grieving the loss of my ovary that went missing in action?
>This is too strange, but it's hilarious when you think about it.
>Karen in North Carolina
>
>At Tue, 17 Feb 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>At Mon, 6 May 2002, Elise wrote:
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>>>So if your ovaries were stuck to the pelvic wall, did they give you pain
>>>from being stuck in that position? Mine are NOT missing on the
>>>untrasound - just in real life. The doc could not "find" one of the
>>>ovaries when he looked with the lap - but it DID show up on the sono
>>>last week. What did they do when your ovaries were stuck to the
>>>abdominal wall? How did you know? Could they tell by the sono or only
>>>through surgery?
>>>
>>>In all fairness, this only happened on Friday and of course it took me a
>>>while to wake up so I was not able to talk directly with the Dr. I have
>>>asked his office to have him call me today, but he has not done so yet.
>>>
>>>I do like my Dr. and I am really glad he did not go ahead and remove
>>>the really gross, endometriosis-covered left ovary anyway as we had
>>>discussed. He chose to drain it and leave it and see what I wanted to
>>>do. I think that was very respectful of him to do that - and I am not
>>>sure all docs would have done the same.
>>>
>>>Since I have not been able to ask him directly, I am not sure why he did
>>>not sono me there on the table. I think they can do that? Then maybe he
>>>could have figured out where the missing ovary was - or wasn't.
>>>
>>>Thanks for any info about this unusual situation!!!
>>>
>>>At Mon, 6 May 2002, Mindy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>They may be attached to something in an inconspicuous place in the
>>>>abdomen!!!! Mine were attached to the pelvic wall, but I don't recall
>>>>either of them being missing on the ultrasound. I am sure you would
>>>>know if you have one removed! I hope!
>>>>
>>>>Mindy
>>>>
>>>>At Mon, 6 May 2002, Elise wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>You are right, it IS really bizarre!
>>>>>My husband got transferred last year and I had to leave the doc who did
>>>>>the c-section.
>>>>>
>>>>>But the sono was done just recently at the same doctor's office who also
>>>>>did this lap. It was done by a tech rather than the doctor, but it was
>>>>>at his office. I was looking at pictures of the sono 6 wks ago and 2
>>>>>wks ago just prior to the surgery. I know he has many patients, so he
>>>>>might not have remembered the sono results when he was doing to lap.
>>>>>But surely something ought to be there??? It was on the sono!
>>>>>
>>>>>He did admit it might be there somewhere, but since I had not had a
>>>>>bowel prep he did not want to do lots of exploration. The photo of the
>>>>>area looks clean as a whistle! There is NOTHING in that space - not even
>>>>>adhesions.
>>>>>He said if he does any more he wants to "open me up" rather than use the
>>>>>lap. Since I have so many adhesion problems already, I am not wanting
>>>>>to do that. But if my ovary is "stuck" somewhere, and if getting it
>>>>>free would relieve my pain, I guess I may have to do it - IF that is the
>>>>>problem.
>>>>>Elise
>>>>>
>>>>>At Mon, 6 May 2002, Natalie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That is REALLY bizarre! I can't imagine how a doctor would be unable to see
>>>>>>your ovary no matter where it was inside your body. Of course, I have no
>>>>>>medical training. Do you think it is possible that either of your doctors
>>>>>>(for the c-section or the lap) may have removed it without your knowledge?
>>>>>>Scary thought.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I guess you had two different docs doing the sono and the lap? Did you tell
>>>>>>the doc doing the lap that it had appeared in the sono the previous week?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Natalie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: endo@obgyn.net [mailto:endo@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Elise
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:18 PM
>>>>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO
>>>>>>> Subject: Missing Ovary?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tried searching to see if others have had a similar experience,
>>>>>>> but I can't seem to find anything.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just had my second laparoscopy for endo last Friday. The prior one
>>>>>>> was done over ten years ago and I have had two pregnancies in between
>>>>>>> both via IVF with very good quality eggs being harvested from BOTH
>>>>>>> ovaries
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We knew going in that I had a major endometrioma on my LEFT ovary and
>>>>>>> that the same ovary has had a history of endometrioma as far
>>>>>>> back as the
>>>>>>> very first lap over ten years ago. My RIGHT ovary, according to the
>>>>>>> sono had a fluid-filled cyst, but appeared OK otherwise.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When the doctor did the lap, however, my RIGHT ovary was nowhere to be
>>>>>>> found. It had shown up on sono just the previous week, but now it is
>>>>>>> NOT THERE.
>>>>>>> I want to know where my missing ovary could possibly be??? The doctor
>>>>>>> wondered if I had it removed previously and just forgot. I
>>>>>>> am certain I
>>>>>>> have not had it removed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, I have been having a series of random, severe abdominal pain
>>>>>>> attacks (similar to the pain of appendicitis) since 6 weeks
>>>>>>> post partum
>>>>>>> following my c-section 20 months ago. All 3 of my other children were
>>>>>>> vaginal with no complications. These attacks have sent me to the ER
>>>>>>> multiple times only to have all tests done and no diagnosis. I have
>>>>>>> even seen a specialist who checked out my bowel and found no problems.
>>>>>>> After 3-5 hours, the pain usually subsides and I am fine
>>>>>>> until the next
>>>>>>> attack.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Question: Could my strange, undiagnosed intermittent pain attacks be
>>>>>>> caused by my "missing" ovary being stuck with adhesions in
>>>>>>> some unusual
>>>>>>> place/position?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alternate question: Could me ovary be really be completely GONE? How
>>>>>>> could this happen if it was never surgically removed?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Elise in Texas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Elise in Texas
>>>>>
>>>--
>>>Elise in Texas
>>>
>>--
>>I went to the doctor for a 2 week check after hysterectomy(vaginal without laproscopy)and they did ultrasound and could not find my left ovary.They were left in.I think the Doctor was shocked.I am.Where could it be?She says we will look again next visit.Can ovaries hide??????
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