Few weeks ago, the nurse suddenly called and told me that I had a cyst in my uterus. She had arranged an appointment for me to go back to take a check.

A cyst? What is it?

I went online and did some Goggle research. According to Wikipedia, An ovarian cyst is any collection of fluid, surrounded by a very thin wall, within an ovary. Most ovarian cysts are functional in nature and harmless (benign). Ovarian cysts affect women of all ages. They occur most often, however, during a woman’s childbearing years.

Ovarian cysts cannot be prevented. Fortunately, the vast majority of cysts doesn’t cause any symptoms, are not related to cancer, and go away on their own.

Since 95% of ovarian cysts are not cancerous, I feel much more comfortable to go back to see the doctor.

Yesterday, Grandma (M’s mom) accompanied me to go back to the prenatal imaging center to conduct an ultrasound exam.

The doctor didn’t find the cyst! Good news!

Then the doctor began to check the baby to make sure everything was all right with him/her too. He checked baby’s intracranial anatomy, face, fetal heart, hand, and feet. He found something in baby’s unthinking brain, like a cyst!

Good news turned to be bad news!

I immediately became nervous and millions of questions quickly popped up into my mind: is the baby going to have mental problems? Is the cyst going to damage his/her brain? Is the cyst going to become a tumor? …

The doctor calmed me down and told me actually finding a cyst, CPC (Choroid Plexus Cyst) to be exact, on a routine ultrasound is actually a relatively common phenomenon and usually is associated with a normal pregnancy outcome. He told me that asymptomatic cysts have been reported in approximately 50% of human autopsy studies. And they have been described with equal frequency in fetuses, neonates, adults and elderly individuals.

The doctor also assured me that most CPC are diagnosed between 15 and 17 weeks of gestation and disappear by 26 weeks without apparent long-term complications.

Since my first-trimester screening test and AFP results indicated extremely low risk of any trisomy, I decided not to take an amniocentesis. The only thing I am hoping for is to see the CPC resolve by my next ultrasound appointment in 4 weeks.

After I came back home, I searched on the Internet and surprisingly found out there are quite a few worrying parents looking for consultations and answers about CPC just like me. According to their cases, it seems CPC is not harmful and does resolve in most cases.

Therefore, I took the advice of not worrying and wishing for the best!

Dear readers, I would really appreciate hearing from other people that have been in this situation. The good and the bad. Welcome to leave your comments!

Please refer to related post: CPC is gone!

Tags: cpc, Healthy Pregnancy, Mid-Pregnancy | From Lina, Healthy Pregnancy, Mid-Pregnancy | Lina | January 9, 2008 2:37 pm | Comments (0)