Re: severe dysplasia during pregancy

Posted By Teresa on October 27, 1998 at 17:40:01:

In Reply to: severe dysplasia during pregancy posted by stephanie on October 26, 1998 at 18:41:50:






I have just recently found out that I have severe dysplasia, and I am 11 weeks pregnant.  My question is, is this going to affect my pregancy?  Am I going to be able to deliver this baby naturally?  And in cases o f severe dysplasia,  what types of surgery is recommended?  There is a history of cevical cancer in my family. Im am scared and worried .
Hello Stephanie.  I am a cytologist...the person who first looks at your Pap smear for abnormalities.  I then hand it up to a Pathologist who will make the final decision on the diagnosis.  We often times see dysplasias during pregnancy.  The decision to do a cone biopsy or laser surgery...or even cryo...a freezing technique should be done with the advice of your gynecologist.  Our experience in my lab has been that often times the dysplasias will "disappear" with the birthing process.  If however your Dr doesn't feel like that is a chance he/she wants to take then you would probably need to consider the surgical (done in the office) options I stated above.  If it were me, I would ask if there is any HPV (a virus that is known to be a causitive agent in some cervical cancers) involved.  If there were then I would probably be more aggresive (aggressive)...if not then...ask your Dr.  A biopsy technique might be a consideration....good luck...and try not to worry too much.