Info about Polyps

needadvice1
needadvice1 Member Posts: 11
in Uterine/Endometrial Cancer #1

Yesterday morning I had a uterine polyp removed that I didn't know was there.  The doc was trying to do a uterine biopsy when he spotted the polyp and immediately took it off.   I had some spotting with brown blood throughout the day yessterday.  Now, this evening, i'm bleeding bright red watery blood.     Does anyone know the name of this procedure?  

It wasn't a D & C. Is it normal to have this kind of bleeding after a polyp removal?   I think i'm already anemic so I don't want to pass out from blood loss! 

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  • pinky104
    pinky104 Member Posts: 574 Member
    #2
    needadvice1

    Removing a polyp is called a polypectomy.  I've had many removed from my cervix and one removed from my endometrium (the inside of the uterus), all of which were benign. The procedure the doctor used to remove the one from the inside of my uterus was called a hysteroscopy.  He did that to go up into the uterus and look around for problems. Then he did a biopsy to make sure the polyp he removed was benign.  Ten years after having that one removed, I had a D&C for what was expected to be another benign one, but it wasn't.  It was cancerous, uterine papillary serous carcinoma.  I had to have a hysterectomy for that one. 

    Hope this helps you.

  • Hopeful162
    Hopeful162 Member Posts: 82
    #3
    pinky104 said:

    needadvice1

    Removing a polyp is called a polypectomy.  I've had many removed from my cervix and one removed from my endometrium (the inside of the uterus), all of which were benign. The procedure the doctor used to remove the one from the inside of my uterus was called a hysteroscopy.  He did that to go up into the uterus and look around for problems. Then he did a biopsy to make sure the polyp he removed was benign.  Ten years after having that one removed, I had a D&C for what was expected to be another benign one, but it wasn't.  It was cancerous, uterine papillary serous carcinoma.  I had to have a hysterectomy for that one. 

    Hope this helps you.

    Polyp removal issues

    I would say the bleeding isn't too out of the ordinary for polyp removal, but hopefully it won't continue for too long. Did your doctor send the polyp to pathology? I should think that would be standard procedure. Good luck! My polyp also turned out to be UPSC :-(

  • needadvice1
    needadvice1 Member Posts: 11
    #4
    thanks pinky & hopeful
    this

    thanks pinky & hopeful

    this is my worry.  I read it's such a rare cancer, but is it?  UPSC usually comes from a uterine polyp?  Can there be other types of uterine cancer from a uterine polyp?   I don't see how i can have anything other than cancer because of the amount of bleeding. 

     

  • Hybridspirits
    Hybridspirits Member Posts: 209
    #5
    needadvice1 said:

    thanks pinky & hopeful
    this

    thanks pinky & hopeful

    this is my worry.  I read it's such a rare cancer, but is it?  UPSC usually comes from a uterine polyp?  Can there be other types of uterine cancer from a uterine polyp?   I don't see how i can have anything other than cancer because of the amount of bleeding. 

     

    polyp and type of cancer

    I had cancer in my polyp,  staged as 1A and not USPC.  It is grade 3 but not all grade 3 is USPC.  i actually had both Dana Farber and Sloan Kittery to redo the pathology and both confirmed it was a grade 3 but not USPC/MMT, etc...

    hopefully that helps

     

  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
    #6
    Hybridspirits said:

    polyp and type of cancer

    I had cancer in my polyp,  staged as 1A and not USPC.  It is grade 3 but not all grade 3 is USPC.  i actually had both Dana Farber and Sloan Kittery to redo the pathology and both confirmed it was a grade 3 but not USPC/MMT, etc...

    hopefully that helps

     

    Not UPSC - but polyp and cancer

    My cancer was also happily growing in a polyp.  It was adenocarcinoma, not UPSC.  It was Grade 1 - ONE.  My only treatment has been surgery and follow up exams.  Surgery was July 1, 2010.  Not all polyps are cancerous, and not all cancerous polyps are UPSC or high grade.  I have no idea with the percentages are, but I'm guessing there is a higher percentage of adenocarcinoma because it is more common (75%) than the others (UPSC, MMMI, carcinomasarcoma, etc.).   Most with an uncomplicated course of treatment or low grade/stage adenomcarcinoma don't post here.  Their treatment is shortterm and followup typically uneventful.  I'm still hanging on here to give encouragement to women before they know what they're dealing with for sure.   It is indeed a frightening experience not knowing, and unfortunately you won't know much until that path report is in and even then, (if it is cancer) you can't know stage until after surgery.  It's a long and anxiety provoking wait, that's for sure.

    When will you get your pathology results?

    Suzanne

  • needadvice1
    needadvice1 Member Posts: 11
    #7
    Double Whammy said:

    Not UPSC - but polyp and cancer

    My cancer was also happily growing in a polyp.  It was adenocarcinoma, not UPSC.  It was Grade 1 - ONE.  My only treatment has been surgery and follow up exams.  Surgery was July 1, 2010.  Not all polyps are cancerous, and not all cancerous polyps are UPSC or high grade.  I have no idea with the percentages are, but I'm guessing there is a higher percentage of adenocarcinoma because it is more common (75%) than the others (UPSC, MMMI, carcinomasarcoma, etc.).   Most with an uncomplicated course of treatment or low grade/stage adenomcarcinoma don't post here.  Their treatment is shortterm and followup typically uneventful.  I'm still hanging on here to give encouragement to women before they know what they're dealing with for sure.   It is indeed a frightening experience not knowing, and unfortunately you won't know much until that path report is in and even then, (if it is cancer) you can't know stage until after surgery.  It's a long and anxiety provoking wait, that's for sure.

    When will you get your pathology results?

    Suzanne

    thanks hybridspirits and

    thanks hybridspirits and DoubleWhammy.    I should get the results this week.  I feel like I "know" it is cancer even though i'm only 41 and they say i'm young.  I've been in pain for a long time and there was a lot of blood loss a few months ago. My periods are crazy!!!!   I also had benign endometrial cells on my pap.  I just don't understand why my transvaginal US didn't show this polyp.  

  • pinky104
    pinky104 Member Posts: 574 Member
    #8
    Double Whammy

    My cancer was stage IVb UPSC and my pathology report said it was an adenocarcinoma.  

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