Re: diagnosis of submucosal v. other kind

May 29, 2001

As far as I know, submucosal fibroids are the only kind of fibroids that cah be

removed hysteroscopically.

I had a D & C (blind & worthless - but at the time I didn't know enough to insist

that it be accompanied by a hysteroscopy).

Since the D & C was done without a hysteroscopy, I had an office hysteroscopy (by

a different gyn), in which we could see the fibroid hanging in the uterine

cavity.

I also had a transvaginal ultrasound - which was used to assess the size and to

see whether my symptoms were caused by one or more of these little critters (it

was only one)

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> Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:27:49 -0500

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> Subject: Re: Re: hysteroscopic resection - size

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> The term hysteroscopic implies a " camera " inserted into the vagina, vs.

> laparoscopic which implies a " camera " inserted into the abdomen via an

> incision. So I'm guessing the only kind of fibroid that can be removed via

> hysteroscopic resection would be a submucosal fibroid. Is this correct?

> What kind of fibroid did you have? What tests were performed on you to find

> out what kind of fibroid you had?

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> Thanks,

> Debbie

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