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Re: (no subject)
From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:05:49 -0500 (CDT)
This is something that needs to be directly addressed with an ob/gyn. It
doesn't sound like you have consulted wtih a physician about this. An
endometrioma is an encapsulated colection of endometriosis.
At Mon, 15 Oct 2001, annie wrote:
>
>Doctor, I would like to ask for your medical opinion.
>I am a 35 year old single parent of 2 boys, Filipino,
>desiring to have another child in the near future and
>wanting to know whether I should go for the surgical
>removal of my endometrioma (by the way, what is the
>difference between endometriosis and endometrioma? the
>doctors seem to use these terms interchangeably).
>
>Does it have anything to do with the size?? I have
>been monitoring the size of mine for 3 months now and
>it has been steadily increasing from 5.1 x 4.7 x 3.2
>to 6.4 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm. Do I wait for it to reach at
>least 7 cm before I decide to go for surgery or do I
>leave it alone and wait for a while, anyway, the pain
>is somehow bearable.
>
>Will appreciate your immediate response. Thanks and
>warmest regards
>
>http://personals.yahoo.com
--
James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
statements are informational only and should not constitute a medical plan or treatment recommendation.
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