WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2001: Re: Does this mean I have fibroids?

Re: Does this mean I have fibroids?

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:29:31 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Michelle wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I picked up the results to my U/S and I am very concerned as the tech
>said all looked good. Here is what they found:
>
>FINDINGS:
>
>The uterus is retroverted and measures 7.3 by 4.4 by 4.7 cm. The echo
>pattern is heterogeneous, consistent with intramural fibroids. Two
>nabothian cysts were identified.
>
>The ovaries are unremarkable. Free fluid is identified in the cul de
>sac.
>
>Now, I always knew I had a retroverted uterus, and I have had nabothian
>cysts before...but this fibroids has got me shaking...does that mean I
>have fibroids...as it said 'consistent with intramural fibroids'?

ultrasounds are not like taking a photo -- they are like sonar, so it can be hard to say definitely what something is -- your findings could mean fibroids

Now >will I need a hysy as I had an ablation almost two years ago and it is
>going well...no one ever 'felt' my uterus had fibrods during pelvic
>exams...where do I go from here...an MRI perhaps? I am sad... :(

40% or more of women have fibroids -- if they aren't bothering you tehn we don't need to bother them. Just becasue you have a fibroid or two does not mean you need a hysterectomy. Why did you have the ultraosund in the first place?

>
>~ Michelle

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