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HOW DO I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CM AND MM IN OVARY AND CERVIX CYST/SOLID COMPONENT
HOW DO I MEASURE HOW BIG OR SMALL A CYST IS? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND CM AND MM. I GOT MY ULTRASOUND BACK AND IT IS GIBBERISH TO ME. MY UTERUS MEASURED 5.55CM X 3.13CM X 3.67CM WITH A 8MM CYST IN CERVIX WITH BLOOD FLOW OF MEASURING 5.5MM..NO FREE FLUID. MY LEFT OVARY MEASURES 3.1CM X 2.65CM X 1.06CM WITH A SOLID COMPONENT MEASURING 1.54CM X 1.2 CM X 1.59CM...IS THIS SMALL OR BIG? DOES THIS MEAN CANCER? THANKS..SUZY
PS-I NOW HAVE C-SCAN TOMORROW THIS WAS RESULTS FROM A INTERNAL U/S
PS-I NOW HAVE C-SCAN TOMORROW THIS WAS RESULTS FROM A INTERNAL U/S
one inch is 2.54cm. There are 10mm to 1cm. Therefore one inch is 25.4mm. I hope this helps you to understand the size. I am comfortable in metric units since I am from Australia however I can understand that it can be strange for Americans to suddenly see measurements in metric when they are no used to it.
So the cyst near your cervix is only 5/16ths of an inch. Quite small.
The cyst at your ovary is also not that large.
However size isn't everything (as the saying goes). The additional tests are more important. Try to keep calm while you wait knowing that 99% of ovarian cysts are benign.
So the cyst near your cervix is only 5/16ths of an inch. Quite small.
The cyst at your ovary is also not that large.
However size isn't everything (as the saying goes). The additional tests are more important. Try to keep calm while you wait knowing that 99% of ovarian cysts are benign.
Sorry you have this hanging over your head, it is very stressfull not to know or understand what the next step is.
Tests like sonograms, Cat scans and MRI's along with blood tests like CA125, Inhibin A&B, MIS and CEA are just used as a guides for the Dr's to help assist in making a diagnoses(Dx). Unfortunately with any type of suspicious ovarian cyst/mass surgery will be the only way for the Dr's too make a definitive Dx and staging if needed. It is NOT recommended to biopsy any ovarian mass/cyst as it could rupture and seed the pelvis with cancer cells if that what it turns out to be. Please make sure they drew your blood for the following blood tests,Inhibin A&B, CA125 and CEA so at least you have baseline blood work.
If there is any suspician I would immediately find a good GYN/Oncologist surgeon. I would reccomend going to a large tiertiary hopsital where they see large volumes of patients. This is not to make you worry even more but to make sure that the Dr who treats you has vast experience with diagnosing and treating various types of GYN / Onc issues if that is what it turns out to be, if not all the better! If the Dr wants to remove the cyst/mass via laprascopic procedure PLEASE make sure they have much experience with removing these INTACT! All too often I read posts from patients who say their Dr thought it was a cyst and removed it haphazardly causing a rupture and seeding of the pelvis with cancer cells, only to be found on pathology post removal.
Next: From experience I would be asking for an MRI of the abdomen/pelvis which should be read by a Radiologist that specializes in GYN/ONC they can be pretty precise. My wife went to a radiology practice that does all types of MRI's and the Radiologist read her MRI as a fibroid. I then took her to Sloan Kettering in NYC to see a GYN/ONC surgeon Dr Carol Brown who had the MRI repeated by a GYN/ONC Radiologist who called her DX to the tee which was confirmed after surgery.
The best advice you see all over these posts is you have to be your own advocate, be aggresive and stay on top of your phycicians.
Tests like sonograms, Cat scans and MRI's along with blood tests like CA125, Inhibin A&B, MIS and CEA are just used as a guides for the Dr's to help assist in making a diagnoses(Dx). Unfortunately with any type of suspicious ovarian cyst/mass surgery will be the only way for the Dr's too make a definitive Dx and staging if needed. It is NOT recommended to biopsy any ovarian mass/cyst as it could rupture and seed the pelvis with cancer cells if that what it turns out to be. Please make sure they drew your blood for the following blood tests,Inhibin A&B, CA125 and CEA so at least you have baseline blood work.
If there is any suspician I would immediately find a good GYN/Oncologist surgeon. I would reccomend going to a large tiertiary hopsital where they see large volumes of patients. This is not to make you worry even more but to make sure that the Dr who treats you has vast experience with diagnosing and treating various types of GYN / Onc issues if that is what it turns out to be, if not all the better! If the Dr wants to remove the cyst/mass via laprascopic procedure PLEASE make sure they have much experience with removing these INTACT! All too often I read posts from patients who say their Dr thought it was a cyst and removed it haphazardly causing a rupture and seeding of the pelvis with cancer cells, only to be found on pathology post removal.
Next: From experience I would be asking for an MRI of the abdomen/pelvis which should be read by a Radiologist that specializes in GYN/ONC they can be pretty precise. My wife went to a radiology practice that does all types of MRI's and the Radiologist read her MRI as a fibroid. I then took her to Sloan Kettering in NYC to see a GYN/ONC surgeon Dr Carol Brown who had the MRI repeated by a GYN/ONC Radiologist who called her DX to the tee which was confirmed after surgery.
The best advice you see all over these posts is you have to be your own advocate, be aggresive and stay on top of your phycicians.
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