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'''Cervical polyps''' are common entities that can be bothersome and are thus removed by a gynecologist. The vast majority are benign. | '''Cervical polyps''' are common entities that can be bothersome and are thus removed by a gynecologist. The vast majority are benign. An introduction to the ''uterine cervix'' is in the [[uterine cervix]] article. | ||
==Benign endocervical polyp== | ==Benign endocervical polyp== | ||
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*[[Adenosarcoma]]. | *[[Adenosarcoma]]. | ||
*[[Papillary adenofibroma of the uterine cervix]].<ref name=pmid8927449>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fratini | first1 = D. | last2 = Cavaliere | first2 = A. | title = Papillary adenofibroma of the uterine cervix. A case report. | journal = Pathologica | volume = 88 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-6 | month = Apr | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8927449 }}</ref> | *[[Papillary adenofibroma of the uterine cervix]].<ref name=pmid8927449>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fratini | first1 = D. | last2 = Cavaliere | first2 = A. | title = Papillary adenofibroma of the uterine cervix. A case report. | journal = Pathologica | volume = 88 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-6 | month = Apr | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8927449 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Nabothian cyst]]s. | |||
====Images==== | |||
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Image: Xanthomatous endocervical polyp -- low mag.jpg | EP - low mag. | |||
Image: Xanthomatous endocervical polyp -- intermed mag.jpg | EP - intermed. mag. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Sign out=== | ===Sign out=== | ||
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CERVICAL POLYP, EXCISION: | CERVICAL POLYP, EXCISION: | ||
- CONSISTENT WITH BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL POLYP WITH AN EROSION AND | - CONSISTENT WITH BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL POLYP WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. | ||
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CERVICAL POLYP, EXCISION: | |||
- CONSISTENT WITH BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL POLYP WITH AN EROSION AND INFLAMMATION. | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY. | - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY. | ||
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====Significant squamous epithelium present==== | |||
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CERVICAL POLYP, EXCISION: | |||
- BENIGN CERVICAL POLYP WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. | |||
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====History provided==== | |||
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CERVICAL POLYP, EXCISION: | |||
- BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL POLYP. | |||
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Rare.<ref name=pmid8927449>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fratini | first1 = D. | last2 = Cavaliere | first2 = A. | title = Papillary adenofibroma of the uterine cervix. A case report. | journal = Pathologica | volume = 88 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-6 | month = Apr | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8927449 }}</ref> | *Rare.<ref name=pmid8927449>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fratini | first1 = D. | last2 = Cavaliere | first2 = A. | title = Papillary adenofibroma of the uterine cervix. A case report. | journal = Pathologica | volume = 88 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-6 | month = Apr | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8927449 }}</ref> | ||
Clinical:<ref name=pmid8927449/> | |||
*[[Menorrhagia]]. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
*Polypoid mass. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Benign endocervical polyp]]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Branching nipple like projections (papillae) covered by endocervical epithelium +/- metaplastic squamous epithelium. | |||
*Fibrous stroma. | *Fibrous stroma. | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||