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Solid ovarian lesion/mass - sick with worry!
Has anyone with a "solid lesion" on an ovary ended up with a benign result? I've been referred for an MRI and am sick with worry!
Had an ultrasound due to pelvic pressure like what I experienced before having a fibroid removed 2-1/2 years ago, and it unexpectedly turned up a 1.7 cm solid lesion on my right ovary with "mild peripheral vascularity and mild central hyperechogenicity. Differential diagnosis includes dermoid cyst versus solid ovarian lesion." I've had complex ovarian cysts on U/S in the past that have disappeared on later scans, but never a solid "lesion"!!! I assume that's worse than a complex cyst?
My ob-gyn sent a message saying "They see a small lesion on your right ovary. It is not likely to be a cancer, but let's have you do the MRI to look at it since we didn't see it on your last ultrasound." BUT everything I read about solid masses and vascularity (i.e. blood flow) comes up with cancer! My great-grandma and great-great-grandma both died of ovarian cancer in their 70s. I'm 39, so younger, but it does run in my family. I don't know how to make it through the weekend to schedule my MRI on Monday, let alone make it to the MRI.
Had an ultrasound due to pelvic pressure like what I experienced before having a fibroid removed 2-1/2 years ago, and it unexpectedly turned up a 1.7 cm solid lesion on my right ovary with "mild peripheral vascularity and mild central hyperechogenicity. Differential diagnosis includes dermoid cyst versus solid ovarian lesion." I've had complex ovarian cysts on U/S in the past that have disappeared on later scans, but never a solid "lesion"!!! I assume that's worse than a complex cyst?
My ob-gyn sent a message saying "They see a small lesion on your right ovary. It is not likely to be a cancer, but let's have you do the MRI to look at it since we didn't see it on your last ultrasound." BUT everything I read about solid masses and vascularity (i.e. blood flow) comes up with cancer! My great-grandma and great-great-grandma both died of ovarian cancer in their 70s. I'm 39, so younger, but it does run in my family. I don't know how to make it through the weekend to schedule my MRI on Monday, let alone make it to the MRI.
Just thought I'd update this in case it helps anyone. I went in for my pelvic MRI after 3 weeks of misery and dread, not knowing what they were going to find and fearing the worst. Got results back from my doctor the same day: The "solid lesion" was gone! MRI was completely normal.
My gyn says she doesn't have a good explanation for it, but because an MRI with contrast is much more sensitive than an ultrasound at detecting tumors, she's not at all concerned at this point. Part of me wishes I had more info, but for now I'm going to let myself enjoy the relief that comes with knowing that, whatever it is, it doesn't appear to be as sinister as I'd feared. Ovaries are mysterious things, apparently.
My gyn says she doesn't have a good explanation for it, but because an MRI with contrast is much more sensitive than an ultrasound at detecting tumors, she's not at all concerned at this point. Part of me wishes I had more info, but for now I'm going to let myself enjoy the relief that comes with knowing that, whatever it is, it doesn't appear to be as sinister as I'd feared. Ovaries are mysterious things, apparently.
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Wow! Amazing! I just had my 3rd ultrasound today and my solid mass is gone! They had 2 techs in there looking and the mass is no longer there! I am so happy! I am trying to come down from 6 weeks of anxiety! I feel like this has been such a whirlwind between the mass showing up and ct showing no mass and ultrasound showing the mass and now ultrasound not showing the mass!
Oh yay! I'm so happy for you! I'm right there with you on trying to come down from that hellish place of waiting to get answers while fearing the worst. Feels like I'm just now able to get back to living my life!
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Hi I am sorry you have to wait that long! That’s agony! I am deciding if I should surgically remove this on Tuesday I have a surgery booked trying to decide! The doctor is now trying to reassure me it’s probably benign and to watch it!
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Oh man. It's so hard to know what to do! Hopefully your doctor is offering you some reasoning as to why they're suggesting watch and wait? If there are still questions about my mass after the MRI I'm going to ask them to take it out - but I do have a family history of ovarian cancer and I'm turning 40 this year, so not exactly young anymore. If I was younger and had no family history, I might be more willing to wait.
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