WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2003: Re: 2nd Opinion? Possibilities on lump?

Re: 2nd Opinion? Possibilities on lump?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:44:24 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 16 Apr 2003, tina wrote: >
>Hi I'm 32 - 2 vaginal births - history of atypical paps - no dysplasia -
>negative high risk HPV. Most recent pap was normal. Most recent biopsy
>was cervicitis and ECC was benign. Periods are normal.
>
>About 2 months ago I felt a lump at the top of my vaginal wall (not on
>cervix but near "base" of cervical canal). It feels like a pencil point
>underneath the vaginal skin - I can move the vaginal skin over it - it
>does not hurt and it has not gotten bigger. I went to my dr. who
>looked at vaginal walls and did not see anything and she tried to feel
>for it but could not feel anything - (it is all the way up top towards
>the front wall and hard to reach) - she sent me for a pelvic ultrasound
>and a transvaginal ultrasound to "ease my mind" which both came back
>normal. I asked her "then what could this be" and she did not seem to
>have any answers for me. I really would like to know some possibilities
>- could it be normal anatomy or feeling a fibroid through the wall or
>feeling an endo adhesion or a gland or scarring from vaginal deliveries
>or what - she gave me no possibilities? I feel like because she couldn't
>feel it she doesn't think it is there - but believe me, even though very
>small, it is - and I'm concerned...Do the ultrasounds rule out tumors?
>Should I seek a 2nd opinion?
>
>Thank you so much in advance.

There are many diferent possibilities. A second opinion would be a good idea.

--
R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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