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About Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.
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Questions concerning Cancer, Oncology, radiation Therapy, Tumours, Chemotherapy, Cytotoxic Drugs, Hormonal Therapy, Radiation Protection.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden. I also answer questions in these other categories: General History, Military History, Brain Tumors, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer

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Oncology (General Cancer) - Transvaginal Ultrasound

Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. - 10/25/2009

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Dr Nordquist,
I ask you a question before about my transvaginal ultrasound and recieved your answer. I wanted to add that my endometrial stripe was 6.7mm and this was on day 5 of my cycle. I did have an uterine scraping that was "with in normal limits". Is 6.7mm too big? and my period going on with bright red spotting for at least 7 days ( is this normal). Also midcycle spotting almost every period. I have also had diarrhea for a prolonged period of time ( since January or Feb). I had normal colonoscopy in Jan and normal abd ct in Jan as well. The cause of the diarrhea has never been discovered( never had a fever, blood work normal in Jan/ sed rate normal). I do feel that my lower abd is slightly distended most of the time, worse on the right side where the larger of the two ovaries are (also slightly tender here too). I thought that the ovarian thickness should not be thicker than 1.5cm? Mine are both thicker than that, as I previously mentioned.
The ultrasound (transvaginal) read by a basic gynecologist reads," Uterus appears normal in size and shape. Endometrium measures 6.7 mm. Both ovaries are visualized and appear normal. There is no free fluid noted."
Just wanted to give you a word by word account of the report.
Donna King

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I see nothing alarming in your report. Also if the pathologist did not see anything remarkable in your endometrial/uterine scraping material then you most probably can forget about any uterine/endometrial cancer at present. The other things you ask should be answered by a gynecologist - which I'm not, I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist. I do have experience of gynecological oncology but I'm not a gynecologist. I assume that your gynecologist has also done pap smears from your uterine cervix and that those were normal.

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