I spoke to my Dr. and said my lining is 2.5 cm and many fibroids, he is sending me for another ultrasound, should I be worried?
A. The fibroids you have are rather small, about the size of a quarter. A thick lining that lasts a long time can become precancerous and over many years, even turn into cancer. Usually when the lining is thick, doctors check the lining by doing an endometrial biopsy. That is an office test that uses a small, thin instrument to go inside the uterus and scrape a few cells out of the lining to be looked at under the microscope.
The thickened lining should not be a cause of discomfort. Sometimes the uterus can get enlarged and cause a feeling of fullness or discomfort in the pelvic area. Talk with your doctor about the ultrasound findings, whether or not you need to have the endometrial biopsy and what other things that can be done to understand why you are having pain.
Machelle M. Seibel, MD