WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2001: Re: ? on depth of endometrium post EA

Re: ? on depth of endometrium post EA

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:49:59 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Michelle wrote: >
>I had an abdominal U/S and a transvag. U/S done yesterday...and the U/S
>tech told me all looked good. Now I realize the it has not been read by
>a doc yet...but I will get the results soon which I am taking with me to
>a new ob/gyn.
>
>She said the normal lining is 12 ml, and mine was 5 ml...I am so happy
>as I think this is GOOD news. :) I just wanted to ask you how accurate
>her number is as far as the normal depth of the lining and is 5 ml's
>almost two years post-EA good? Does this mean that only a little less
>than half of my uterine lining was destroyed by the ablation? My periods
>are very light...so, when I heard 5 ml, at first I was very happy -
>until I realized that is just a little under half.
>
>I had the U/S's performed to just 'take a look around' as there was a
>suspicious mass seen in the lower segment of my uterus, or in my cervix
>at my last U/S...but it was chalked up to a 'shadow', but we wanted to
>make sure it was just a shadow and not a mass...she said there was no
>mass that she saw. :) I did have water around my uterus too...but she
>said all that means is that I probably had a cyst that burst.
>
>Thank You :)

That is mm not ml and 5 mm is just fine post ablation. The reality is that the measurement does not mean that much, it is your clinical result that counts... Lynn

--
Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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