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Re: nabothian cyst biopsyFrom: dahmd@gate.netMon May 20 21:04:29 1996
In article BLAIRB@pcmail.cbil.vcu.edu (BLAIR, BILLIE) writes:
>Two months ago my mother was diagnosed with a melanoma (Stage II, Billie: Without actually doing an exam on your mom, any advice is of course speculative. Nabothian cysts (named after a Dr. Naboth- what a claim to fame) are benign inclusion cysts of the cervix that, to my knowledge, have never been reported to become cancerous. Some can become quite large, and can even mimick genital prolapse when they "fall out" of the vagina. Most, however, are under 1cm in size and are asymptomatic. Popping them with a needle yields thick mucous. The only reason I can think of that would make one want a biopsy is if an inexperienced examiner didn't know that nabothian cysts can sometimes have a lot of external vascularity, and thus look (a little) like a cancer. Another possible reason is that a lesion on the cervix might look a little like a nabothian cyst and a little like a cancer, thus warranting a biopsy. A pap smear is simply a screening test with both false positives and negatives, and even if I saw a normal pap smear in a patient with an abnormal appearing cervical lesion (but not a normal-appearing nabothian cyst), I would biopsy. Better safe than sorry. A biopsy is after all the "gold standard." Good luck to your mom, and to you in your career. Ashley D. Ashley Hill, M.D. dahmd@gate.net Orlando, FL
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