Giant cervical polyp due to a foreign body in a 'virgin'

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1988 May;28(2):146-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1988.tb01646.x.

Abstract

A 17-year-old virgin who had a giant cervical polyp which had developed through a foreign body and protruded out of the hymen was evaluated; the aetiological significance of the foreign body in the formation of the cervical polyp is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Humans
  • Polyps / epidemiology
  • Polyps / etiology*
  • Turkey
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Vagina*