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Do I Have To See A Specialist If Having An Involuting Hemorrhagic Ovarian Cyst And A Family History Of Cancer?
I am 34 year-old woman, with alot of family history of all types of cancers...My uterus is retroverted and measures 7.8 × 4.8 × 5.4 cm. The myometrial echogenicity is normal. The endometrial echo complex measures 3mm. Right ovary 3.1 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm. There is a 3.3 × 1.1 × 1.9 cm cyst which contains a few tiny septations and questionable debris. This likely represents an involuting hemorrhagic cyst. There is an additional 1.7 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm complex appearing cyst. Impression: Complex left ovarian cyst as described. 3.3 × 1.1 × 1.9 cm mildly left complex cyst as described which is likely an involuting hemorrhagic cyst. WBC, Neut, and ABS NEUT ( ANC ) are all high. What is going on, i have to wait for a specialist?
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Hi,
Welcome to Health care Magic,
yes, you must see a gynecologist who is experienced in laproscopic surgery also. Your ovarian cysts are small, but complex, and with septations and debris, so it is important to remove those cysts. Though your doctor has to correlate your USG findings with your symptoms . If clinically you are asymptomatic, you may wait , and do repeat USG after 3 months, or so to confirm the diagnosis. If it persist, then your doctor may suggest you to go for laproscopy fi=or diagnosis and removal of cysts. Most probably it would be either endometrioma or dermoid cysts. There are certain cancers which run in family like ovarian, breast, stomach and colon, and you can tell in detail your family history to your Doctor. it is good to be knowledgeable and proactive, but do not live in fear. 90 percent of ovarian cysts of these types are not cancerous.
Dr H Hamdani
Welcome to Health care Magic,
yes, you must see a gynecologist who is experienced in laproscopic surgery also. Your ovarian cysts are small, but complex, and with septations and debris, so it is important to remove those cysts. Though your doctor has to correlate your USG findings with your symptoms . If clinically you are asymptomatic, you may wait , and do repeat USG after 3 months, or so to confirm the diagnosis. If it persist, then your doctor may suggest you to go for laproscopy fi=or diagnosis and removal of cysts. Most probably it would be either endometrioma or dermoid cysts. There are certain cancers which run in family like ovarian, breast, stomach and colon, and you can tell in detail your family history to your Doctor. it is good to be knowledgeable and proactive, but do not live in fear. 90 percent of ovarian cysts of these types are not cancerous.
Dr H Hamdani
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