Re: Ovarian Bilateral cysts?
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:53:13 -0600 (CST)
Robin's right. Second opinion.
HSM
At Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Corina wrote:
>
>I am trying to find any helpful information formy sister, which is 11
>weeks pregnant. She has been seeing her Dr. on a very frequent basis
>and each time he has something different to tell her. Her problems
>began in the first few weeks of pregnancy they found a cyst on her right
>ovary. Two weeks later she went back to have another ultrasound and the
>baby was progressing normally, but on her right ovary there were now 2
>cysts that were the size of oranges. She has had 2 ultrasounds since
>that visit and the baby seems to be doing fine but the cysts are now the
>size of grapefruit and we are all becoming worried. The NP she saw at
>he last appointment took her out of work and told her to rest and that
>hopefully the cysts would rupture. My sister has spoken to her DR. on
>Friday and her told her that there are bilateral cysts and that if they
>rupture she will lose the baby. If they don't the baby will probably
>have abnormalities. He wants her to wait a month and they will do
>another ultrasound and at that time he will set her up with a High risk
>Ob/gyn. I can't find anything concerning this matter on the net. Her
>Dr. said that the condition was very rare but I thought this maybe a
>good place to get some information. My sister has carrried 2 babies
>with out difficulties. I am concerned that her Dr. is not giving her
>enough information becuase he has never dealt with this before, which in
>turn is making my sister worry way too much. I would appreciate any
>information. Thank you.
>
>--
>Corina Bianchetti
>anonymous@obgyn.net
>
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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