Difference between revisions of "Benign endometrial polyp"

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 *Very common.
 *May be a cause of [[menorrhagia]] (heavy & long menses).
-*Malignant endometrial polyps are uncommon <2% in one series, and typically in post-menupausal women (3.6% versus 0.5%).<ref name=pmid24820306>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tang | first1 = Z. | last2 = Zhou | first2 = R. | last3 = Bao | first3 = D. | last4 = Liu | first4 = C. | last5 = Wei | first5 = L. | title = [Clinical characteristics of 42 cases of malignant endometrial polyps]. | journal = Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 204-7 | month = Mar | year = 2014 | doi =  | PMID = 24820306 }}</ref>
+*Malignant endometrial polyps are uncommon: <2% in one series of 965 cases.<ref name=pmid24820306>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tang | first1 = Z. | last2 = Zhou | first2 = R. | last3 = Bao | first3 = D. | last4 = Liu | first4 = C. | last5 = Wei | first5 = L. | title = [Clinical characteristics of 42 cases of malignant endometrial polyps]. | journal = Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 204-7 | month = Mar | year = 2014 | doi =  | PMID = 24820306 }}</ref>
 ==Gross==