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Cervical polyp

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Cervical polyps are growths (generally benign with only 1.7% being malignant) upon the cervix.

polyps are excised and sent for histology
they can cause of bleeding from the vagina, for example after coitus, during pregnancy and after menopause
in about 27% of cases there is an associated endometrial polyp - this incidence is lower in women taking the oral contraceptive pill (8%) and much higher in postmenopausal women (57%). Therefore further investigation (ultrasound and/or hysteroscopy), particularly in postmenopausal women presenting with a cervical polyp is indicated

Reference:

Pulse (2002), 62, (44), 83.

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