WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2001: Re: 'bumps' in vaginal walls? Please respond~

Re: 'bumps' in vaginal walls? Please respond~

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:08:34 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: joyce: "'bumps' in vaginal walls? Please respond~"

At Thu, 19 Apr 2001, joyce wrote: >
>Hi, I have a lap scheduled for early June. I am concerned because
>recently even though my pap came back noraml, Today I noticed one lump
>on the right wall of my vagina and one lump on the left wall. It feels
>like a pencil point poking through-but no head like a pimple would have.
>Just "sharp bumps".
>The one on the left side is now larger and does not feel like a "pencil
>point" any longer. It feels similar to the ganglion cyst I had on my
>foot, but not quite as hard. And it doesn't move when I push on it or
>touch it.
>I am scared.

Sounds like condyloma accuminata(genital warts). but could be a lot of othrer things. Definitely need an exam prior to the surgery.

Can they find the cause during the lap?

No laparoscopy looks inside the abdomen, not the vagina.

When I told the dr >about the one I knew of at the time, he said he couldn't find it. Now
>that is the one that is larger.
>Should I ask him for another exam before the lap?

YES YES YES

He is doing the lap to >rule out endometriosis. All the blood work camr back normal. Wouldn't
>blood work show cancer cells or white count up or something if I truly
>had anything to worry about?

Only if there was cancer or infection.

>Thank you!!!! And I really appreciate you people taking time out of your
>busy lives to help all of us!

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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