Fibroid tumor in broad ligaments?

hey girls! I had a LAVH on Oct 4th due to what we thought was a mass on my left ovary. WELL... my left ovary was fine so she (doc) left it in. What I understand next is, they took out my uterus thinking it (the mass) was there. It was not! It actually was a fibroid tumor BETWEEN the left ovary and uterus. Anyone else heard of this? I have looked on the internet but cant find much on fibroids in this area. I am now questing did I even need a hysterectomy? I asked the doctor if this is that was causing the pain and her answer was we will have to see! UGH!

Lisa
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LAVH with no ovary taken out!

When I first looked up types of fibroid tumours - I had one - I found there were three kinds:

1. Ones that grew inside the uterus itself.

2. Ones that grew inside the WALL of the uterus - mine was that, and grew close to 2 lbs.

3. Ones that grow outside the uterus.

The last one sounds like what you had. It would have been pointing out toward the ovary. I think that is what they meant.

I had both an ultrasound and an injected-dye CT scan. Even with the amazing pictures, the surgeon did not know exactly what he was dealing with til he actually got IN there. The uterus was wider than they thought, was harder to get out, and I bled more than expected.

I say that because your surgeon, like all others, didn't know the WHOLE story til your surgery.

Prayers that the hyst WAS necessary for some reason! There might be more answers to the story when the pathology report comes back.

Any idea on the size of the tumour?

I do not know the size of the tumor. I am going to call the doctor's office tomorrow and ask. I also want to know can tumors cause pain? That is why I had the surgery in the 1st place. I am hoping that was part of the pain, anyway.

Thanks for the info! I appreciate it.

Sometimes odd things happen. Don't second guess yourself or feel bad about having the operation. If even your doctor couldn't tell, what are you supposed to do? I am happy for you that it wasn't something really bad like cancer. Tumors can cause pain. I had one sitting on my bladder and it was pushing on something in my belly. I can tell already that I am feeling better. I am looking forward to completely healing up and exercising, although the thought of situps scares me.

HAHA! Yea - NO SITUPS! They scared me before surgery! Thanks - I needed to hear not to second guess it. I know I needed to - just dont have the answers I wanted.