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can endometriomas shrink????

by gma718, Feb 02, 2007 12:00AM
Went to a new dr...wants to do surgery on 2/16...have 2 cysts 10 cm and 12cm wants another sono since it has been 6 weeks since last one...possibility maybe they got smaller..oh I hope so..has anyone ever heard of endometriomas getting smaller.. if they are significantly smaller may want to wait for surgery and see what happens....i hope so!!!
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by JulieAM, Feb 02, 2007 12:00AM
Hello--From what I have read, endometriomas don't usually shrink.  I had one that measured 5cm, then a few months later I had another ultrasound and it measured about 4.7cm.  But that could just have been because there were 2 different people measuring and they positioned the markers in different spots.
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