Endometrioma after hysterectomy

[Spicegirl]

First I have to comment on how amazed I am with how many of us have found this site.  Everyone has been absolutely super and so very very supportive.
My question for today is this - even after having a hysterectomy can you still have an endometrioma?  My TV US says a complex cystic and solid mass - I am wondering if it's perhaps just an endometrioma - I know that you can't tell if it's malignant or not until they remove it, but apparently I did have quite a mess inside when I had the hyst. a number of years ago.

[RavenLady]

Hi Spice!  I am sorry you are going through the dreadful wait until March!  I am also so glad Micky, our Endo subject matter expect, answered your question.  Have not been around what with the new job but just wanted to say hello there and hang tough!  You and Dian and I need to touch base soon!  I will ba able to hit the Battalion site after Saturday.  I am in VA now and my work PC security software gives me the "raspberries if I try to hit that url.  MV

[jocel]

im pregnant,but my dra said i have consider cystic endometrioma in my ovaries right ang left side,what can i do now.its my email add pls ***@****

[Spicegirl]

Thanks Mickey - I feel tons better - I'm going to assume its an endometriona until they tell me something different. Better to be positive than not. I've decided to take control of this thing and just wait for the countdown until surgery in March.  
When is your surgery again- date seems to have escaped my memory. Spicegirl

[MickeyVicki]

Yes, if you still have your ovaries, and you  have not reached menopause (the time at which ovaries produce so little of the hormones that production has nearly ceased; if you still had uterus at this time then you would stop menstruating) then your ovaries are still producing hormones, and it is still possible to develop endometriomas.   If you have ever been diagnosed with, or at least suspected of having, endometriosis, then an endometrioma may very be what you have.  Typically, an endometrioma can grow quickly, and become quite large.  Ultrasounds of endometriomas usually indicate complex cysts, often filled with dark, thick fluid, and usually there are solid components to these cysts.   Fortunately, they are rarely malignant.