Should There Be Any Worries if I Now Have Signs of Endometrial Cells 10+ After Hysterectomy?
12 years ago I was diagnoised with ovarian cancer and went through the treatment and survived. I have been cancer free since, but my last pap showed positive for endometrial cells – my doctor said it could mean something, and he’d check in January. A friend who also is a doctor, said "I definetly needs to stay on top of that" It could be something serious or maybe just something to watch" So basically I do not know any more that what I did before. Has anyone been through this??
Endometrial cells are found at the entrance to the uterus – the cervix.
Hysterectomy can be done with removal of the cervix (most of the time it is), but there was a trend in the early ’90s to leave a cervical remnant. It was thought to contribute to a woman’s sexual response – I’ve talked with Gynecologists about this, it doesn’t seem to be studied, and the procedure has fallen out of favor.
So…it probably means that you have a cervical remnant and need to continue regular PAPs since you can still get cervical cancer.