WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2002: Re: mass posterior to uterus-US question

Re: mass posterior to uterus-US question

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:09:22 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 29 Aug 2002, jessi wrote: >
>I am a 43 y/o with 2 full term pregnancies, no h/o gyn or fertility
>probs...now with progressively heavier,longer periods (x1yr), lower back
>and abdominal pain, bilateral hip pain at night, abdominal distention.
>Uterus is 20 wk size,US shows "large rounded mass (9x 8.6x
>9.1cm)posterior to uterus, well outlined with multiple low level
>internal echoes." Can an endometriosis implant be this large? (the
>radiologist's impression is "large endometrial mass most likely
>secondary to endometriosis" but I have never been previously diagnosed
>with endometriosis).
>
>What other conditions could be indicated by this ultrasound? I have a
>follow/up with a gynecologist...what further testing can I expect?
>
>Thank you for your time and expertise.

At age 43,it seems an ovarian pathology that has to be inspected visually.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina

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