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Re: large fibroid - options? (drs pls)From: Asem Anwar Moussa MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:06:48 -0500 (CDT)
At Sun, 31 Aug 2003, libby wrote: > >Need some advice. I have a large fibroid (makes me look ready to >deliver!) Dr. says it's a fibroid that was large, then died off and >became cystic/fluid filled. > >Would a myomectomy work? It's pressing on my kidneys so I need to get it >out. Dr. says that it may be stuck to my ovaries and other organs that >a hysterectomy is really the only choice after looking at the CT scan. > >I'm going for second opinion, but would like other opinions. Do you >always have to get a full hysterectomy including ovaries if fibroids are >that big and engulfing other organs? Do they grow 'onto' other organs >like cancer does? If they do, could they separate the tumor from my >ovaries? I'm a little concerned because I don't want a hysterectomy >'cause I still want kids and have a history of family heart disease. Did you discuss the issue of using a drug to reduce the size of the fibroid before its removal as that leads to shrinking the tumour making its removal more easier,also if hysterectomy is the only option ,the healthy ovaries would be left as well as the cervix.
-- Dr:Asem Moussa MD Prof.of OB/GYN. Alazhar School of Medicine. Cairo-Egypt Director of the http://www.mewomenhealth.net This is for teaching purposes
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