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Re: Disappearing ovary

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:24:36 -0500 (CDT)

At Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Rahbin wrote: >
>In 1995, my last ultrasound, I had two healthy ovaries. At a doctors
>visit in Sept.2000 my left ovary couldn't be felt during a pelvic exam.
>I had an ultrasound and vaginal probe three days later, no left ovary. A
>week later I had a CT scan, and again no left ovary. Any reason for an
>ovary to just disappear? My doctor suspects endometriosis again, laser
>surgery in 1989 for endo. Could that ovary just have been "swallowed"
>by scar tissue or endo? Thank you
>Rahbin

Pelvic exam, US, and CT scan are not going to see 100% fo ovaries that are present. So it might still be there. On the other hand if for some reason it twisted around and cut off its blood supply, it could degenerate and be gone. Also the ovary or its blood supply could have been damaged by the laser and that would cause it to be gone. It would not be swallowed by endometriosis unless you had a large mass of endometriosis there. If you did you would know it.

RDB 

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG


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