Infertility

Follicle question~

What do the echos mean on the follies..??..~cystic~..??..(HOPE NOT)...

Went in for another BW/US and results were: - EST 341/PROG-..3/LH-1 / FSH-8

Follies: Rt- 18, 16.3 & Lt- 15, 13 w/echos 

TIA!!

Re: Follicle question~

  • i am not sure what echos are.... but it is my understanding that you cannot tell the difference between a follicle and a cyst on an u/s

    echogenicity is a medical term used to refer to the amount of whiteness or blackness (so to speak) seen on a u/s. so the "echos" may be referring to that

  • I just got this information from a woman on SAIF:
    imageskoorbnibor:
    I just found this quote:

    Forty-eight oocytes were collected from 47 follicles in 36 cycles from 24 patients with tubal infertility by ultrasonically guided percutaneous puncture under local anesthesia. The ultrasonic represented morphology of the aspirated follicles was compared to the presence of an egg-cumulus-mass in the follicular aspirate and the result of oocyte fertilization. There was a higher frequency of a cumulus-mass in the aspirate from follicles containing echoes (90 per cent) compared to ultrasonically empty follicles (37 per cent). Thirty-four oocytes were fertilized corresponding to a fertilization rate of 71 per cent. The mean diameter of follicles in the fertilized group was bigger (20.9 mm) than the mean diameter of follicles in the non-fertilized group (18.5 mm). The fertilization rate was higher in oocytes collected from follicles with internal echoes (87 per cent) compared to echo-free follicles (50 per cent). It seems that the ultrasonic demonstration of a fine cloud projecting into the follicle or a clouding of the cavity increases the possibility of collecting an oocyte suitable for in vitro fertilization.

    it was from a site I am member of, so I cant offer a link, it wont work.. but it sounds like I was sort of correct! 

    this seems like a good thing for you!

    Thank you for the response ~ I wish they were open today, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow to ask them directly - wish I had asked yesterday when they were open.....but your info helps TREMENDOUSLY!!
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  • well, that makes it sound promising, like the echoes are good! :)
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