OVARIAN CYST

[LA_2]

Admitted to ER w/terrible pain on right side. CT confirmed that the pain I was having was due to 7cm cyst rupturing on my right ovary and also have a large calcified teratoma on my left ovary. I made appt w/gyn for ultrasound. At u.s. 2 techs could not locate my left ovary and brought dr in and he could not. us found little fluid in tube -hydrosalpinx?? Dr read results and scheduled me for lap surgery to remove ovary and tube. I am blessed w/2 boys and am not planning on more so I am ok w/ovary removal. I am concerned about size of dermoid and being able to remove all of it by lap. Also concerned that no one can find my left ovary and that 3 us staff and my doctor seems very confused by the results. Is that common?

[DanRan]

I just had my 10cm cyst + ovary removed on friday using lap. They said it was hard coz the dermoid was so big and was twisted 3 times and was attached to the pouch of Douglas too, not only to my ovary so one of my incisions they had to make l little bigger. So 7 cm shlould be OK in ur case, i hope.
I wish u all the best and fast and easy recovery!
Dani

[Denver618]

HELP!! I have been to my OBGYN and the ER twice in the last month. My 1 US showed a 3cm cyst on the right ovary and 2cm on the left. My 2nd US they could not find either one of my ovaries?I know that seems so small then in one month it grew to 4 cm's. I have alot of pain on my left side and in the groin area. My doctor put me on pain meds. and bedrest for one week. He feels there is nothing wrong. I on the other hand believe there is. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I menstrated on June 20 till June 26th- then I started to bleed again on June 28th and still am going strong, passing clots. Today is the 14th day of bleeding. Any information would be helpful.
Thanks

[Gatsby]

Oh girl, please do not feel you are evesdropping.  I want everyone to know what I have learned so that they can be informed and not go stumbling blindly as I did in the beginning.  Everyone here is so generous with info and so very helpful.  Another great thing is that there really aren't any questions you can't ask.  I am so glad you found this site - it has been so very helpful to me and the women here are truly wonderful.
~Tascha

[Teresa210]

Don't feel like you are evesdropping...  Reading up, asking questions of your own are what this site is all about.  We need more information and ability to discuss and share with others.  Seems like just another part of the healing process for us women.  I don't really know what hemmorhagic cysts are.  Hemmorage means to bleed within and I do know that when a cyst bursts, which is the usual natural course, sometimes they bleed.  What is your confusion on the tubal ligation and dermoid issue?

[dairelle]

The confusion was with the types of cysts and it being caused by tubal ligation.  I read in the forum about the tubal causing the dermoids.  Just means I have a ton of questions for the gyn.  About the hemorrhagic, I do know that the stabbing feeling that I felt at the time I was first made aware of the cyst was explained as bleeding into my abdomen from the ovary where my body had to reabsorb the cells.

[Gatsby]

Actually, I did not have a tubal ligation or tie-off.  The dermoids (actually masses thought to be ovca) were discovered during a tvus that was requested by my dr because of heavy and irregular periods.  They were not dx as dermoids until pathology was done on them, although when my dr. removed them, he was fairly certain they were dermoids from how they looked and pathology confirmed it.  It is interesting that there is a corralation to tubal ligation and dermoids.  It begs to have more research done.
~Tascha

[dairelle]

Geez, I feel like I'm eaves dropping all the time by reading this forum.  Sorry, but I must say that you gals are on the ball with info.  I cant get as much searching med sites...I do have a question though.  If a cyst is fluid filed and a dermoid solid, what does a hemorrhagic cyst fall under?  If I recall my doctor's visit, I thought she said solid.  Would the US show a clear enough photo to differeciate between any of these?  I, too had a tubal ligation and now I am more confused.

[Teresa210]

You may want to write all those questions down if your anything like me, you can't remember them as the doctor is hurrying through the exam.  They would know if it was solid, even though a dermoid is generally not cancerous, if you had a solid cyst, as you thought the doctor told you, your doctor probably would have gotten you in to see an obgyn a lot quicker (as you mentioned in another post) just as a precautionary measure.  I don't know about Canada though.  Is it possible for your to get a copy of the ultrasound report?  If so, get it and I am sure all the girls in here will be glad to help you where they can.  Try not to worry, it sounds as though one of your cysts ruptured, which they do and it does cause pain.  The pain generally dissipates.

[Gatsby]

Hey there and welcome to the site!  Don't be surprised about the left ovary.  That one seems to play hide and seek alot!  Anyway, I had 2 softball (12 inch diameter) sized dermoids removed along with the left ovary & tube and 90% of the right ovary 12/21/05.  Dermoids are almost always benign - so don't worry about that. Anyway, keep us posted and remember we are here for you no matter what.  You are in my thoughts and prayers.  Godspeed
~Tascha

[Gatsby]

Forgot to tell you that my surgery was a lap - the only thing was since the dermoids were so big, my incisions were larger (3 inches each).
~Tascha

[dairelle]

Thank You all again.  I am very blessed to find this site.  Kind of a an ovarian sisterhood. (cheesy way of putting it, but true)I have looked around other sites and found a great way to log info for the gyn from "endometriosis.org".  It even offers a pain scale that can be used to help and some of the questions that gyn will ask me on the day.  Maybe this will help others on this site.

As far as my pain, today I am very mild for the first time in 11 days.  I am able to get stuff done around this house.  Didn't know if I would ever get out of that rutt.

Thanks for the support! This will definately help me get though

[Teresa210]

Did you see the 7/01 post below "Can this happen to me"?  Did you have a tubal ligation or tie of some sort before ever getting the dermoid?

[Teresa210]

Hi.  Sorry to hear you are not feeling well.  I don't know that it is at all common for them to be confused about not being able to see the ovary. I do know that it is common that they can't find or see the ovary.  I could be engulfed inside the dermoid - dermoid grew around it or it could be hiding behind the dermoid as it is reported to be very large.  I know the pain you must have felt when the fluid filled cyst ruptured and I have had the laporotomy to remove a very large dermoid in 1994.  They can get a very large dermoid out safely by lap.  Mine was about 4 inches by 4 inches by 4 inches.  I only remember because they gave it to me in cm and I had to look up what that meant.  They were able to cut it out of and off my ovary, saving the ovary.  Even more noteable that they can get it out safely through a lap is that in October I had a different type of mass removed growing from my right ovary.  It grew from my ovary up to and sitting on my heart.  This one was huge and changed shape from the ultrasound to appearance after being removed.  I guess it had to stretch out to find space to keep growing (?).  I had that moved through lap.