WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2003: Re: Cervical Biopsy

Re: Cervical Biopsy

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:01:52 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Anna wrote: >
>For the past 3 months I have been menstruating every 14 to 20 days.
>Prior to that I was as regular as can be so it arose some concern for
>me. I went to my doctor and had a pap smear done which came our normal.
>Then my doctor told me I have to have a biopsy done, which he did. I
>believe it was a punch biopsy. I thought that biopsies are done only if
>results come back abnormal. What is the doctor looking for?? It just
>seemed odd to me that he would take three pieces of tissue of a good
>cervix.

Probably you are not ovulating, are you sure it was a cervical and not an endometrial biopsy?

-- Hector Nemirovsky M.D. Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina Private Practice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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