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Re: Endo...just curious?

From: Laurie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 May 1997 06:33:36 -0500 (CDT)

At Wed, 28 May 1997, D. Ashley Hill, M.D. wrote:

>When I took the CREOG exam my second year of residency, there must have
>been 25 questions asking whether or not endometriosis runs in families.
>Unfortunately, unlike Dr. M, I did *not* read any recent monographs,
>and figured they were trying to trick me. Imagine my surprise when I
>told my colleagues "they didn't get me on the endometriosis questions;
>of course there's no genetic link"!
>
>Needless to say, I never missed *that* line of questions again!
>
>Ashley

That point was brought home to me in my fourth year of medical school, when we did a laparoscopy for endometriosis on a 14-year-old girl whose aunt had just had a repeat laparoscopy for endometriosis a few days earlier!

I bet you still made higher on that CREOG than I did! :-) 

--
Laurie Lovely, MD
RE fellow, UNC-Chapel Hill



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