Re: no subject received Tue, 3 Mar 2009 01:09:11 -0600
From: Anthony E. Swartz (tony.aswartz@gmail.com)
Tue Mar 3 06:29:54 2009
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Probably a submucosal fibroid or less likely an endometrial polyp.
aes
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:10 AM, gypsy <Den0481@aol.com> wrote:
> As a home health nurse, I had a patient yesterday show me her ultrasound
> report & ask me to explain it to her, as she didn't understand what her
> doctor had told her.
>
> I had no idea what that report meant.
>
> She has had had fibroids for years & has them checked yearly by U/S.
> This year they were concerned about the endrometrium being thickened.
> Biopsy was performed & was negative. A saline ultrasound was performed
> which showed no thickened endrometrium. But, did showed "the echogenic
> area of irregular shape, thought to be intracavitary on prior scan is
> actually located in the left anterior wall. This area shows irregular
> texture, is well demarcated from surrounding uterine tissue, but is
> irregular shape and contour."
>
> Can you help me explain these results to her?
> (her physician is currently out of town)
>
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Anthony E. Swartz, B.S., RT(R), RDMS
Practice Supervisor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Raleigh, North Carolina
919-622-7412
http://www.wakemed.org
http://www.sonoaes.net
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<div>Probably a submucosal fibroid or less likely an endometrial polyp.</div>
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<div>aes<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:10 AM, gypsy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Den0481@aol.com">Den0481@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">As a home health nurse, I had a patient yesterday show me her ultrasound<br>report & ask me to explain it to her, as she didn't understand what her<br>
doctor had told her.<br><br>I had no idea what that report meant.<br><br>She has had had fibroids for years & has them checked yearly by U/S.<br>This year they were concerned about the endrometrium being thickened.<br>
Biopsy was performed & was negative. A saline ultrasound was performed<br>which showed no thickened endrometrium. But, did showed "the echogenic<br>area of irregular shape, thought to be intracavitary on prior scan is<br>
actually located in the left anterior wall. This area shows irregular<br>texture, is well demarcated from surrounding uterine tissue, but is<br>irregular shape and contour."<br><br>Can you help me explain these results to her?<br>
(her physician is currently out of town)<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Anthony E. Swartz, B.S., RT(R), RDMS<br>Practice Supervisor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine<br>WakeMed Health & Hospitals<br>Raleigh, North Carolina<br>
919-622-7412<br><a href="http://www.wakemed.org">www.wakemed.org</a><br><a href="http://www.sonoaes.net">www.sonoaes.net</a><br>
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