Hello Doctor,
I am a 21 year old, non-smoking female. I have had a Mirena IUD in for the past year (Yasmin birth control pill before) and I have had normal pap smears since I was 17 and normal periods since I was 13. I get checked for STDs/STIs every 3 months and have always been clean. Though during this year's pap smear and pelvic exam, my doctor felt a problem and I was sent to have a pelvic ultrasound done, where they discovered a 7cm mass on my right ovary. I am not experiencing any pain or symptoms. It is not an ovarian cyst as the mass is not filled with clear fluid; my doctor is not 100% sure on what it is, she claims it could simply be a cyst filled with blood.
I had several blood tests taken, including the Complete Blood Count and the CA 125 test and a pregnancy test (along with an HIV test). Everything came back negative/normal except for my CBC, in which my white blood cell count was low. My doctor scheduled me for a CAT scan which I will take next Wednesday, along with a second round of ultrasounds next Friday.
Breast cancer or ovarian cancer does not run in my family from what I know of (my aunt who was married into the family has breast cancer, but she's not blood related). The only other problem that I have is hypothyroidism, which I am on medicine for. I am a bit overweight and I have had pre-hypertension which is now under control and I am slowly trying to change my diet and exercise routine.
What could be the problem if the other cancer tests came back negative? Or is there anything else that I should personally be looking?
Thank you so much in advance for any help...