Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Ovarian and Gartner's Cyst
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:31:31 -0600 (CST)
Sarah
I doubt the gartners duct cyst is related to abnormal pap or to
miscarriage. I also do not think the left ovarian cyst from 6 years ago
is related to the current one.
Gartners duct cysts are remnant cysts and are embryological remnants
from your fetal life. Unless you also have some kind of uterine anomaly
related to a uterine fusion defect, there should be no
relationship...Dr. von Almen
At Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Sarah Wood wrote:
>
>Hi I was at the hospital yesterday for a routine pap smear (I have had
>abnorminal ones in the past which resulted in a colposcopy).
>
>I am trying for a baby and explained that since coming off the pill in
>Nov I have had two normal periods on the 10/12 and 08/01, then I had
>very light bleeding on the 28/01 that lasted 4 days. I have not had my
>period for Feb yet.
>
>The Dr did an internal exam and found a cyst, she then did a vaginal
>ultrasound and found I have a 3cm cyst on my left ovary and a 3.6cm cyst
>on my vagina. I have to go back in six weeks to monitor these to see if
>they have grown any.
>
>She did not give me any more info. I am Scottish but now living in
>Singapore, I decided to phone my GP to find out my case history as I had
>a miscarriage six years ago and I remember them mentioning I had an
>ovarian cyst then too. I was told that I had a cyst on my left ovary
>then too but no follow up was done to see if it had dissappeared. They
>also discovered a gartner's cyst and that, coupled with an abnormal
>smear, was the reason I had a gartner's cyst. The gartner's cyst has
>grown in size since six years ago. It does hurt sometimes when I have
>sex in certain positions and I always have a bloated stomach and suffer
>from diarrhea a lot. Could these cysts be contributing to this?
>
>Also I've read that patients with Gartner's cysts have a high rate of
>spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), could this explain mine? If I had a
>cyst on my left ovary before and now again, is this something to worry
>about? Will this affect my fertility? Also having a gartner's cyst does
>that mean that I was maybe going to be a boy but nature changed it's
>mind and this is what's left over?
>
>Any answers to my questions would be much appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sarah
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