GYNECOLOGIC ULTRASOUND AND OVARIAN GROWTHS

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Dr. Steven R. Goldstein Gynecologic ultrasound and Ovarian growths

Dr Steven R. Goldstein is an obgyn in Manhattan and considered one of the nation’s top doctors in Gynecology. A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and former Director of Gynecologic Ultrasound at NYU Langone Medical Center, Dr Goldstein is one of the most highly recognized and regarded individuals in the field of vaginal probe ultrasounds. He has championed painless, non-invasive means of diagnosis such as Transvaginal Ultrasounds and Sonohysterograms over painful, invasive, exploratory surgeries as a first means of diagnosis. Dr Goldstein says that with the introduction of vaginal probe sonograms into the field of gynecologic ultrasounds over the last 30 years, gynecologic diagnosis has been refined to the point where the overwhelming majority of masses detected are clearly benign and can be left alone without surgery. Unfortunately, many physicians and patients, do not understand that benign ovarian growths do not become malignant. This may be due to the fact that virtually all other gynecologic cancers (cervix, uterus, and breast) have well defined premalignant stages that we attempt to identify before they become frank malignancies. Many women may feel that their benign ovarian growth or mass may at some point become cancerous and thus surgery is needed to determine whether the growth is cancerous or not. This is not the case. To reiterate - benign ovarian masses which are clearly benign do not become malignant


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