YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for May, 2003: Re: bilateral dermoid

Re: bilateral dermoid

From: samir fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 12 May 2003 18:37:08 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 12 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>hi, I am 25, newly married, and would love to have kids. I just had a
>sonogramdone and discovered that I have a mass, which they call a bilateral
>dermoid in my uterus 14x9x11 cm coming from my ovaries (maybe). my obgyn said
>she recomm ends I do surgery to remove it and try to SAVE MY OVARIES,
>something about thatline didn't make me or my husband comfortable or
>confident. I looked up on the internet and they said there is a plasmakinetic
>needle that could be used in such cases, but I don't know. I would like to
>know your opinion, as a second opinion, before friday the 16th, the dr
>schedualed the surgery for that day.
>thank you

Because dermoid usually contain sebaceous material which is very irritant and if spilled in the abdomen could cause severe reaction it is better to have the dermoid removed, also recurrence is quite common after aspiration

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