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A member asked:

Can a uterine polyp shrink or disappear in a month? i'm praying my possible polyp is no longer there at the saline ultrasound.

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Dr. Ralph Boling answered

Possibly: The saline sono should be more accurate at disclosing a polyp, it may have been misinterpreted on regular sono

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 12/11/2019

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My regular TV ultrasound said I have a avascular polyp. First saline ultrasound said vascular, now my recent saline says avascular again. Which is it?

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I had a small uterine polyp for a few years. I never had it removed. I had a couple episodes of spotting. I got checked and uterine polyp was gone. Now a year later I had some spotting again and got ultrasound again. It's back. Removal necessary?

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Normal pap but ultrasound shoes uterine thickening with polyp?

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If uterine polyp come and go. I know it can usually mean it was just missed on ultrasound but is it also likely that cancer or precancer are unlikely?

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I'm booking a transvaginal ultrasound to f/u on spotting and uterine polyp possibly (it went away last year but might be back) because mid cycle spotting is back twice since a year ago. what days again are best to do TV ultrasound?

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