Pelvic Pain, Enlarged Ovary: Not Cyst or Fibroids?

I am 22 years old and I have nearly chornic pelvic pain on my right side directly by my hip bone. It gets worse during my period, during and just after sex, and when I cough, laugh, or go to the bathroom.

When it first started hurting I had a small egg shaped bump in that area. I went to the emergency room and they basically patted me on the head, and said it was probably just lymph nodes.

During my next pelvic exame, I brougt this up. My doctor discovered my right ovary is enlarged and sent me for an ultrasound. It found nothing. So they gave me an internal ultrasound.

They still couldn't find anything. They have ruled out fibroids, cysts, and endometriosis. I was basically told I am fine and to stop worrying, but it has been two years! I am especially concerned about fertility.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

if you are still worried, why don't you go see another doctor? if ultrasound can't find it, how about CT or MRI? it is very likely that something is wrong with your right ovary.

you still have your left one, so your fertility should not be affected

and you may have hypochondria

The persistent conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary. Also called hypochondriasis.

I would recommend getting another opinion and preferably from someone that does not share the same office of the gynecologist you just saw.

You mentioned that you were checked for endometriosis. I don't know when your last laparoscopy was but wanted to let you know that just because it came back as showing nothing wrong that doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have it.

Sometimes endometriosis lesions can be missed because of the kind of color they are, some of them looking clear just like water drops. And a dr who is not familiar with endometriosis of this or some other colors will miss it. It can also be missed if it's in a location that the dr is not familiar with working in such as the areas behind the uterus such as a thin layer of tissue that sits between the vagina and rectum called the rectovaginal septum.

We also have two cul-de-sacs (one to the front and one toward the back). The one in the front is close to the ovaries and when endometriosis gets there the drs can miss it.

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